United warns 36,000 employees of potential job cuts as pandemic roils travel demand

JUST IN: United is warning about 36,000 frontline employees about potential job cuts.

The terms of $25 billion in federal aid prohibit airlines from laying off workers until Oct. 1.

A row of United Airlines passenger planes parked at gates at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado.on Wednesday said it is warning about 36,000 frontline employees — more than a third of its staff — about potential job cuts as the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil travel demand. In a memo sent to employees Wednesday, United said just because workers receive a WARN notice it doesn't mean they will definitely be furloughed and it said it will try to exhaust voluntary measures before cutting workers. Some of the workers may be called back to work but that will depend on a return to demand, which some industry executives say could take years.

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