Airlines see small bump in hiring United jobs down, but adding staff.(Business)

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Byline: Anna Marie Kukec akukec@@dailyherald.com While the U.S. airline industry employed about 409,600 workers as of April, an increase of about 1 percent compared to a year ago, some legacy carriers such as United Airlines continued to show declines. The legacy carriers as a group reported a 0.7 percent decrease, according to data from the U.S.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The data, April being the latest figures available, reflects full-time equivalent workers, so two part-timers would equal one full-time person. Such legacy carriers have been traumatized since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and some recently emerged from bankruptcy. American Airlines employed the most among the group, about 73,200, compared to about 74,300 a...