By Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson (Reuters) -The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping American skies safe have gone unpaid throughout the government shutdown. Without a funding agreement soon, many will be forced to dip into savings, rack up credit-card debt, or take on part-time jobs to make ends meet, several federal employees said….
By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing said on Wednesday it is issuing layoff notices starting this week to workers impacted by a broader plan by the heavily indebted planemaker to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce. U.S. staff receiving the notices this week will stay on Boeing’s payroll until January…
By Nate Raymond and David Shepardson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday held that a trial judge correctly found that American Airlines’ now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways violated federal antitrust law. Siding with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial judge’s ruling blocking…