Airline Job Growth to Stall — Or Even Fall, Execs Say

During the pandemic, an acute labor shortage stretching from pilots to baggage handlers plagued the airline industry. So they sought to hire thousands of new employees and signed record-breaking contracts with their pilot unions. 

But now it looks like that hiring surge is coming to an end — and there may even be some job cuts, Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said at the JPMorgan Industrials conference in New York. 

The main reasoning for the slowdown: Boeing delivery delays and demand for airline industry jobs returning to pre-pandemic levels.

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