<항공업계, 국가 지원금이 끊기면 대량 해고가 불가피>

:  "10월 1일에 보조금 지원 끝, 75만명의 미국 항공사 직원 해고 위기".  

미국 항공업계 종사자들은 코로나가 터진 후부터 국가 최대 실업 사태에서 대량 실업을 면해왔다.

그러나, 그들은 (약 75만명의 조종사, 승무원, 수하물운반사, 정비사.. 등) 직업을 잃을 가장 큰 위험에 처해있다.

(지금까지)연방 보조금이 항공산업에 대량 해고, 비 자발적 일시해고, 임금삭감을 막아주었다.

그러나 경영진들은  오는 10월 1일에 보조금 지원이 끊기면 직원 해고가 다가 올 것임에 둔감해 왔다. 그때가 되면 항공산업의 약 3분의 1의 직장이 사라질 것으로 보인다.

항공업계는 이미 직원들에게 자발적 무급 휴가 혹은 저임금 휴가를 권유 해왔다

미국 4대 대형 항공사 (아메리칸에어라인, 유나이티드항공, 델타항공, 사우스웨스트항공)의 직원 중  1만명이 위 같은 권유에 응했고 26%는 2019년 말에 그렇게 했다. 

 

<Airlines say massive job cuts are inevitable after bailout money dries up>

US airline workers have been largely spared from the carnage* that's pushed the country's unemployment to record highs since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. 

(*Carnage : 대량 살상, 대학살)

But those same workers -— roughly 750,000 pilots, flight attendants, baggage handlers, mechanics and others — will soon be among the most at-risk for losing their jobs.

The federal bailout for the airline industry barred layoffs, involuntary furloughs or pay cuts for employees.

 But executives have been blunt that job cuts are coming once that prohibition lifts on October 1, with estimates that up to a third of the sector's jobs could disappear.

The airlines have already requested that workers take voluntary unpaid or low-paid leaves.

 About 100,000 workers at the four largest carriers -- American (AAL), United, Delta (DAL) and Southwest -- have done so, equal to about 26% of those companies' staffs at the end of 2019.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/10/business/airline-job-cuts/index.html

Airlines will be cutting jobs this fall. Waiting until then poses a big problem