United Airlines (UAL) is asking pilots to take unpaid time off over the next month due to the late-arriving aircraft from Boeing (BA), Leslie Josephs of CNBC reports, citing a note sent to pilots. “Due to recent changes to our Boeing deliveries, the remaining 2024 forecast block hours for United have been significantly reduced,” the United chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association, the pilots’ union, said in the note. The union also said it expects United to offer more time off “for the summer bid periods and potentially into the fall.”
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