Trying to meet the June 28 target date for its first flight, Boeing is subjecting the Dreamliner to a full week of tests.
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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that United Airlines plans to lay off 1,200 workers early next year. They are among the 7,000 that the airline plans to eliminate to match the shrinking economy and airline operations. It will also ground 100 airplanes.
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The passenger airline sector may not be the only ones feeling the pinch. ABX Air, which handles packages for DHL Express in the United States may have to lay off as many as 7,000 employees because DHL, based in Germany, is pulling out of the domestic market.
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No wonder airline employees are so crabby. They’re afraid of the bump. I’m not talking about the dance made famous by the George Clinton and Parliament’s song Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk).
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Like Internal Revenue Service agents and Department of Motor vehicle employees, everyone loves to hate airline gate agents. That now includes their bosses.
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As airline layoffs accelerate, is the stage is being set for America to begin exporting its pilots overseas?
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More than 400 middle management employees got a pink slip Monday from MGM Mirage Inc., the largest casino operator on the Las Vegas Strip.
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