P-VSL Pilots Will Be Paid 50 Hours Per Month Until They Reach Age 65

Recently, all 502 United Airlines pilots who bid for Pilot Voluntary Separation Leaves (P-VSL), received awards. In accordance with Letter of Agreement 20-03, P-VSL pilots will be paid 50 hours per month until they reach age 65. They will also receive full contributions to their retirement accounts, active medical and pass travel, and other benefits in exchange for beginning separation leaves prior to their retirement date. “We are pleased that every pilot who requested early separation received an award under the advantageous terms we bargained,” said MEC Chairman Captain Todd Insler.

'Air Carriers Of All Sizes Are Warning Of Unavoidable Employee Layoffs'

The Regional Airline Association has confirmed the news that ExpressJet would be accelerating its previously announced wind-down plan to September 30. ExpressJet employed 2,800 individuals and served more than 100 airports in North America. The Administration and Congress went into recess with a giant question mark hovering over whether the CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP) will be extended. The PSP program is a critical pass-through program that has helped to keep airline employees on payroll, mitigated the economic harm associated with mass furloughs, and assured the ready-status of workers so that airlines can maintain air service to communities large and small as our