To avoid further flight cancellations, the American company United Airlines has proposed to triple the salaries of pilots who would agree to carry out additional flights.
The pilots could earn three and a half times their wages for additional flights that were made between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, NBC News reported on Friday, after getting a note passed to the carrier’s staff.
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Their payroll will also be tripled for any flight made in addition in the period of January 4 to 29, it is specified in the document sent by a manager of flight operations of the company, Bryan Quigley.
The manager called the offer “significant” after stressing that the agreement had been made with the Airline Pilots Association to “do everything in our power to take care of customers at this difficult time”.
Thousands of flights have been canceled in the United States in recent days due to missing personnel after contracting COVID-19, but also to Storm Frida sweeping through the country.
More than 2,650 domestic and international flights had already been suspended Sunday evening for the day Monday from or to the United States.
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