US Airways asks for free New Years shifts

US Airways, a troubled airline in bankruptcy protection since 2003, has apparently e-mailed it’s ground staff, asking them to volunteer to work for free on New Years Day.

This is apparently in response to large numbers suddenly calling in sick over the Christmas period, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of domestic US flights.

It’ll be interesting to see whether this works - after all, mass sickies might be seen as a symptom of low worker morale - in which case, asking for free labour might be perceived very badly. Let’s see if there’s a follow up report to this. :)

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