File photo: A United Airlines aircraft taxis as another lands at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, U.S., February 7, 2015. Not everyone who receives a notification will be furloughed, United said, with the final number depending on how demand evolves and how many employees accept early exit packages and temporary leaves. “The United Airlines projected furlough numbers are a gut punch, but they are also the most honest assessment we’ve seen on the state of the industry,” Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) President Sara Nelson said in a statement. United is working with the different unions on options to mitigate the final furlough number. “But the fact remains that these projected furlough numbers are larger than the total size of most mainline airlines a decade ago,” AFA’s Nelson said, referring to the number of employees major airlines had before mergers.

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