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United Airlines to offer buyouts to 600 flight attendants

Lipstick and Window Dressing | 12:55 a.m. June 9, 2008

Wow! That's the best positive spin on getting fired that I've ever heard.

When I was a kid the "stewardesses" were all young and attractive. "Flight Attendants" would get married etc. and would quit. In fact, I think the airlines had a maximum age for stewardesses.

Sounds like the airlines are trying to keep the younger(cheaper also) flight attendants and push the others out the door.

daydreamer | 3:35 a.m. June 10, 2008

12.5k is very little especially now with the soaring price of the fuel and commodities. To lose a job now is not very wise when US unemployment rate is increasing.

Guy Mandude | 8:45 a.m. June 10, 2008

It doesn't seem like much, but waiting until the airline goes under and then getting nothing doesn't sound like a better choice. Those might be the only realistic alternatives. More would be better, but that probably won't happen.

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