Airlines are now scrambling to hire workers after pushing tens of thousands of employees to take leaves or buyouts during the pandemic.
and Delta's chief of operations will say the aid helped them survive the crisis and that they're now ramping up hiring, according to written testimony for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing.
U.S. airlines lost a record $35 billion last year but executives say the Payroll Support Program, which prohibited them from laying off workers, was a bridge to get them to the point when air travel demand started to recover in earnest. While airlines that accepted the aid couldn't lay workers off, they significantly reduced headcount by urging employees to take voluntary measures like buyouts, leaves of absence or temporarily idled workers in exchange for reduced pay.
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