United Airlines Should Go Out of Business

United Airlines may just be the most poorly run organization in the country. Whether it be $15 bag check fees, obesity charges, late and canceled flights, lost bags or the inability to run at a profit the organization wreaks of incompetence and failure at every level. The layoffs should start with the CEO, COO, CFO and every other officer of the company that has presided over their disaster of existence in the past 10 years. The only certainty is that they have 100% success rate at pissing off their customers.

United Airlines to trim more flight attendants
600 positions targeted; carrier seeks volunteers to take unpaid leaves

By Julie Johnsson | Tribune reporter
June 23, 2009

United Airlines will cut 600 additional flight attendant jobs, starting Aug. 31, as it struggles with two side effects of the recession: lower-than-anticipated attrition and a steep drop in air travel.

Most major U.S. carriers have unveiled new plans to lay off employees in recent weeks as economic turbulence depresses revenue while higher oil prices raise expenses, threatening the airline industry's financial viability.

The move by Chicago-based United, announced Monday, means that the carrier will pare 2,150 jobs from its workforce of 13,500 flight attendants this fall, a 16 percent reduction.

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