Continental Airlines anti-employed 132 pilots
Sina News Financial News Beijing Saturday morning Continental Airlines (CAL) pilots union said Friday the company over the next 18 months, anti-employed workers were temporarily laid off 100 pilots. This will make the airline industry is recovering.
Airline Pilots Association, President of Continental Airlines pilot branch, said Captain Jay Pierce, the rise in passenger traffic and the future arrival of new aircraft the company has made an important reason for this decision.
Continental Airlines in September 2008 to lay off 147 pilots, the company earlier this year, also fired 15 pilots. By anti-employed in the fourth quarter of the pilot back to the company for training.
the company's official comment yet.
Its stock rose 18 cents to 23.68 U.S. dollars, or 0.77%. The stock rose in after-hours trading 14 cents, to 23.82 U.S. dollars, or 0.58%. (Ming Yu)
