United asks pilots to take unpaid time off, citing plane delivery delay

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  • United Airlines is asking its pilots to take unpaid time off in May, blaming recent delays in the delivery of Boeing aircraft. NBC’s Tom Costello reports for TODAY.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 67

  • @LeonardoUV
    @LeonardoUV Місяць тому +17

    Why not asking the CEO to take unpaid time off

    • @Nayr747
      @Nayr747 Місяць тому +2

      Nah the CEO will just leave and take the standard $50 million golden parachute. Consequences are for the poors.

  • @geovanniperez8279
    @geovanniperez8279 Місяць тому +26

    Are they also asking the CEO to take a pay cut from his $16 million dollar salary? Probably not.

  • @roachtoasties
    @roachtoasties Місяць тому +35

    Of course it's not just pilots. If the airlines don't have planes, they'll need to cancel flights. Passengers won't be able to travel, and fares will go up.

  • @bgregg55
    @bgregg55 Місяць тому +17

    So what about all the flight attendants & the other staff required to run an airline? They don't even mention those folks. Also, how about the United executives? Are they going without pay & bonuses?

  • @numtot2172
    @numtot2172 Місяць тому +8

    Get ready for prices to increase too. Less planes to meet demand = sky high prices

  • @chuckhunter77
    @chuckhunter77 Місяць тому +15

    Time off to search Indeed.

  • @stanleycoleman
    @stanleycoleman Місяць тому +9

    What a mess

  • @SCOHEN250K
    @SCOHEN250K Місяць тому +4

    Smart move...frustrate the pilots even more.

  • @PeterFruits-hm8rc
    @PeterFruits-hm8rc Місяць тому +8

    what about the desert of navada having 100's of boeing 767 aircraft on hold during the pandemic ??

    • @jbar_85
      @jbar_85 Місяць тому +1

      Good question!

  • @tedjuniormichael1083
    @tedjuniormichael1083 Місяць тому +2

    VTO. We have that also in Amazon.

  • @Lillypad-ix7sv
    @Lillypad-ix7sv Місяць тому +2

    Why doesn’t the gd ceo take a pay cut? Do they really hundreds of millions in salary plus stock options? Stop rewarding inept leadership

  • @muggsyaxton8085
    @muggsyaxton8085 Місяць тому +6

    What say you, Pete Buttigieg?

    • @ItzSeannyy
      @ItzSeannyy Місяць тому +2

      I’m sure he’s on it right now

    • @ljacobs357
      @ljacobs357 Місяць тому

      Trump signed two Executive Orders requiring the FAA to reduce oversight of the airline industry. This has nothing to do with the current administration.

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому +2

      You know these issues existed before Secretary Buttigieg came into office, right?

    • @brady3562
      @brady3562 Місяць тому

      ⁠@@erauprcwajust the ripple effect of democrats wanting to shut down the economy.

  • @Anon1mous
    @Anon1mous Місяць тому +1

    Boeing is going the same direction as this once great country- downhill. And fast.

  • @rscott2247
    @rscott2247 Місяць тому +1

    Hopefully lesser known airlines like Breeze, Jet Blue, Frontier, will take up the slack ?

  • @erauprcwa
    @erauprcwa Місяць тому +1

    Airbus is also having delays with airplane delivery. This is an industry wide thing. Not to mention we're in a slow down in hiring in the industry. This is once again a non-event news story just to drum up drama over something that is always seen in the industry. United isn't the only airplane doing time off for its pilots.

  • @grriceman782
    @grriceman782 Місяць тому +2

    Yup…FedEx and UPS having to do the same thing

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому +1

      and that has nothing to do with Boeing...

  • @bartsolari5035
    @bartsolari5035 Місяць тому

    UA the only airline with too few 737s and too many pilots, dig deeper CNBC?

  • @MrGbustamante
    @MrGbustamante Місяць тому +1

    This is fishy... so did they hire more pilots for the planes they didnt have yet? Did they retire planes from the fleet?
    Not sure why they need to furlough pilots because of planes they never had. Smells fishy. Either way, rotate the pilots and let them rest up between flights and we will all be safer. It will also give them more time to nail flight attendants

  • @keithlewis4250
    @keithlewis4250 Місяць тому +2

    Shirley not.

  • @user-vl5tu2fn7r
    @user-vl5tu2fn7r Місяць тому

    I surprised that United Airlines has not gotten some of the Airbus a320’s that Alaska Airlines retired. Maybe not as fuel efficient as the Boeing 737 Max aircraft but better than nothing.

  • @gammaraypotatoes3307
    @gammaraypotatoes3307 Місяць тому +4

    “Your chocolate rations have increased from 30 grams to 20 grams.”

  • @BookJay35
    @BookJay35 Місяць тому +7

    I don't think it's a good idea to fly on a Boeing plane for the foreseeable future there's a new issue everyday with their current fleet.

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому

      You do realize that Airbus airplanes with Pratt and Whitney engines are having issues, including engine failures? Boeing isn't the only company with issues.

    • @jbar_85
      @jbar_85 Місяць тому

      @@erauprcwayes but those planes with those engines are grounded till they’re repaired or replaced- whatever they’re doing with it. Boeing has constant safety issues. I wouldn’t go on one anymore. Thankfully I usually fly JetBlue so I’m good.

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому

      @@jbar_85 United's brand new A321 had to do an emergency landing due to an in-flight engine failure.
      There was a door issue on one airplane. That doesn't show "constant" safety issues. The news reporting about a 20+ year old airplane losing a tire, has nothing to do with Boeing.

  • @kennymackie4518
    @kennymackie4518 Місяць тому

    Has any of Boeings Planes been Certified 😂😂😂😂

  • @jbar_85
    @jbar_85 Місяць тому

    Sounds more like they’re broke to me.

  • @rafaeldelrio9987
    @rafaeldelrio9987 Місяць тому

    No bueno

  • @arosenweig
    @arosenweig Місяць тому +1

    Pilots should be trained to fly both Airbus and Boeing planes since they would become more valuable in the industry.

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому +1

      That's not how being a pilot works...

    • @arosenweig
      @arosenweig Місяць тому +1

      If you want to work at JetBlue or Spirit, you need to be able to fly an Airbus aircraft because they do not have any Boeing aircraft in their fleets.

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому

      @@arosenweig Yes, that's called getting a type rating for the airplane to operate at that airline.
      Pilots cannot operate a A321 and a Boeing 737 at the same time. You can have a type rating on both airplanes, but that doesn't mean you operate both fleet types with said carrier.
      I have multiple type ratings, but I can't fly multiple airplane types at my airline.

    • @davidalvarez4151
      @davidalvarez4151 Місяць тому

      @@erauprcwaI think if you printed this in BOLD on the front of an aircraft most people still wouldn’t get it.

  • @Flywithdean
    @Flywithdean Місяць тому

    Airbus operators are doing fine 😅

  • @CourageUnderFire87
    @CourageUnderFire87 Місяць тому

    Owing keeps proving the whistle blower right

  • @kevingreen5793
    @kevingreen5793 Місяць тому +6

    Maybe United should switch over to Airbus and teach these pilots how to fly an Airbus aircraft with all the problems Boeing has been having.

    • @A350flyernyc
      @A350flyernyc Місяць тому +3

      It’s not that simple unfortunately. Aircraft orders aren’t like Amazon Prime where you can transition your fleet quickly. Aircraft being ordered now likely won’t be delivered until close to the end of the decade, making Airbus orders an unviable short-term fix.

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому

      Airbus is having issues too, but the news isn't reporting it.

    • @kevingreen5793
      @kevingreen5793 Місяць тому

      @@erauprcwa what issues is Airbus having? I haven’t heard anything about their planes crashing.

    • @erauprcwa
      @erauprcwa Місяць тому

      @@kevingreen5793 First, Boeing hasn't had a crash since 2018. Second, Airbus is having supply issues also, delivering airplanes. Not to mention the issues with Pratt & Whitney engines causing airlines to have to ground their airplanes or having issues with engine failures...
      United just got their first A321 neo and had an emergency landing due to a failed engine only a few weeks after its inaugural flight.

    • @kevingreen5793
      @kevingreen5793 Місяць тому

      @@erauprcwa I did not hear about that but I’ll take your word for it. It’s seems like everyone is having supply chain issues and no one seems to be able to fix it.

  • @HoracetheRepublican
    @HoracetheRepublican Місяць тому

    i hate modern day aviation the aviation industry is practically dead now

  • @wadehiggins1114
    @wadehiggins1114 Місяць тому

    Good for this crappy airline, heavily invested in boeing.

  • @101519e
    @101519e Місяць тому

    Anybody want to fly on the new Boeing airplanes?

  • @kennymackie4518
    @kennymackie4518 Місяць тому

    United a Joke, unpaid time-Off 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Nana-zk9sz
    @Nana-zk9sz Місяць тому

    I wouldn’t invest in Boeing but ok😂😂😂😂

  • @michaelshay3157
    @michaelshay3157 Місяць тому

    Voyage to the bottom of America

  • @topofthegreen
    @topofthegreen Місяць тому

    Things just keep getting better at the Woke airline.

    • @ljacobs357
      @ljacobs357 Місяць тому

      Trump signed two Executive Orders requiring the FAA to reduce its oversight of the airline industry. Nothing to do with being woke.

  • @mikedc
    @mikedc Місяць тому +1

    Trump2024

    • @andreward8268
      @andreward8268 Місяць тому +8

      ----> Start of jail time Trump2024