Delta Warns Thousands of Pilots About Possible Furloughs
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Delta Air Lines Inc. will inform almost 2,600 pilots about a possible furlough while encouraging a total of 7,900 eligible aviators to accept an early retirement package, according to a memo sent to staff on Friday.
“Even with the increased travel demand we’ve seen in recent weeks, we expect revenue to be at only 25% of what it was last summer and that a return to pre-COVID levels will likely be at least two years away,” John Laughter, Delta’s senior vice president of flight operations, said in the memo.