Air Wisconsin Set to Cut Over 500 Jobs
The regional airline will finish its contract with American in April.
By Ryan Ewing
Air Wisconsin is planning to cut back its workforce when it cuts ties with American Airways later this yr. The regional provider despatched WARN Notices to staff on Thursday.
As a part of a so-called “strategic shift,” Air Wisconsin will cease flying its CRJ-200s below the American Eagle model in April. As an alternative, the provider is hoping to pivot to constitution and government-subsidized operations.
Roughly 513 workers could face layoffs, the airline mentioned within the discover. This determine contains 219 administration workers and 294 which are union-represented.
These layoffs are scheduled to take impact round March 31, simply earlier than the airline ends its American contract on April 3. Pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers, and mechanics, amongst different workgroups, are slated to be affected by these cuts.
Unionized staff shall be quickly laid off, the airline mentioned, whereas administration and non-union cuts shall be everlasting.
“Since that announcement, the Firm has been working to develop various flying alternatives, which it expects to announce within the coming weeks. It’s possible that the Firm’s technique will contain some stage of company-wide workforce reductions …,” Air Wisconsin’s head of human assets mentioned in a letter to the Wisconsin Division of Workforce Growth.
The provider has already applied to serve a handful of Essential Air Service markets in the Midwest. These proposals are at present pending approval by the U.S. Division of Transportation.
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