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Airlines Shouldn’t Rush To Cut Jobs

Geraint Harvey, Daniel Wintersberger, Peter Turnbull via The ConversationUK | Several airlines have announced sizeable redundancy programmes due to Covid-19 spreading, but previous crises show that there are viable alternatives to job cuts. After the 2008 financial crisis airlines like Southwest adopted different measures including work-sharing, temporary pay cuts and furlough. As a result, they were less likely to experience industrial strife and the business recovered more quickly.