Southwest cuts employees at 4 airports including BWI
- Southwest Airlines is restructuring its workforce at four airports due to overstaffing, as confirmed by a spokesperson from the airline.
- The airline will cut 120 ground handling and provisioning frontline employees at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, San Jose Mineta International, and Hollywood Burbank Airport.
- Affected employees can either apply for open positions, bid for different roles, or accept a severance package according to the company guidelines.
- Southwest Airlines stated that the modifications are part of an ongoing effort to align the workforce with the current flight schedule and growth plan for 2025.
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Southwest cuts more than 100 jobs at 4 airports, including San Jose
(KRON) -- Southwest Airlines is cutting more than 100 jobs across four airports in the country, the airline said in a statement to KRON4. One of the four airports affected is San Jose Mineta International Airport. About 120 jobs across the four airports are being slashed, according to Southwest. The airline did not specify how many jobs at the San Jose airport were being cut. Ali Wong dines at recently-revived San Francisco Pho staple Southwest …
Southwest Air extends job cuts to workers at San Jose and 3 other US airports
By Mary Schlangenstein | Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. is eliminating 120 more jobs at four airports, extending a round of cutbacks that included the carrier’s first ever involuntary layoffs. The positions — including airport ground workers and people who stock planes with food and beverages — are being eliminated because of overstaffing at airports in Baltimore, Los Angeles and San Jose and Burbank, California, Southwest said in a statement …


Southwest cuts jobs at four more airports as belt-tightening continues
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is reducing employee counts at four airports in California and Maryland, the latest cutback in the carrier’s shakeup.
Southwest cuts employees at 4 airports including BWI
The airline sent shockwaves last month as it enacted its first wave of layoffs in company history, reducing its corporate workforce by 15%. One month later, Southwest is reducing its staffing even further — and this time it's frontline workers getting the pink slips.
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