Southwest tells all flight attendants, pilots, to expect summer work
by Gregory Wallace, CNN Business — April 9, 2021 . In another sign that air travel is rebounding, Southwest told 3,000 flight attendants and pilots on leave it’ll need them back on the job by this summer. Southwest was able to avoid involuntary layoffs and furloughs that other airlines imposed during last year’s downturn. It accomplished that after 4,000 of its 61,000 employees took buyouts and early retirement packages. Southwest also encouraged other employees to take voluntary leaves of absences, allowing them to continue with reduced pay and benefits if they did so. But with air tra...