United to Cut a Flight Attendant on Longest Trips to Pare Costs
- Change will affect crews on 787 jets, some 767 and 777 planes
- Union leader calls shift a ‘misguided plan to reduce service’
The silhouettes of travelers are seen as a United Continental Holdings Inc. plane takes off in Phoenix, Arizona.
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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United Continental Holdings Inc. will remove a flight attendant on most of its long-distance international routes, in a bid to keep costs in line with those of its U.S. rivals.
The change will take effect Feb. 1, affecting flights on United’s Boeing Co. 787 and some models of 767 and 777 jetliners, according to a memo from John Slater, United’s senior vice president for inflight services. The reduction will also apply to the economy cabin of 757 planes flying international routes.