United Airlines To Recall 1,200 Furloughed Flight Attendants.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2002 United Airlines (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : UAL UAL United Airlines (ICAO code) UAL Unified Accelerator Library (Brookhaven National Laboratory) UAL User Account Lockdown UAL User Access Layer UAL Universal Auxiliary Language UAL User Agent Layer ) today said that due to its increased April schedule, it will recall an additional 1,200 of the 2,700 United flight attendants who were furloughed last fall. This brings to 2,000 the number of flight attendants recalled since January January: see month. 31. United announced earlier this month that it would add 127 flights to its April schedule in certain markets and would recall some flight attendants and furlough fur·lough n. 1. a. A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces. b. A usually temporary layoff from work. c. fewer pilots, thanks in part to slightly stronger customer demand. "Slowly people are returning to air travel," said Larry De Shon, United's senior vice president - Onboard Refers to a chip or other hardware component that is directly attached to the printed circuit board (motherboard). Contrast with offboard. See inboard. Service. "And while we still have a long road ahead of us, United is very happy to recall more than a thousand of our flight attendants." The 1,200 flight attendants will return to active flying status on April 1 based in the following domiciles: -- Boston 55 -- Washington (Reagan) 76 -- Denver 54 -- Newark 52 -- New York (JFK) 164 -- London (Heathrow) 21 -- Chicago 435 -- Philadelphia 9 -- San Francisco 334 United Airlines offers about 1,700 flights a day on a route network that spans the globe. News releases and other information about United Airlines can be found at the company's website, www.united.com. |
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