Thursday, September 5, 2013

United Recalls 600 Furloughed Pilots

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324123004579057090106817028.html

The callbacks echo those made by other large airlines, including AMR Corp.'s AAMRQ -3.48%American Airlines and Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL -0.07%as carriers have returned to financial health and are coping with a wave of retirements.

United Continental, based in Chicago, is the result of the 2010 merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines. In all, the two have more than 12,000 pilots. The company said training classes will begin next month and run through the end of the year for the furloughed pilots who choose to return to work. All of the laid off aviators were from the United side of the operation.

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