Frontier Airlines to cut 500 Milwaukee-area employees (more job loses!)

[hue]

http://www.jsonline.com/business/frontier-airlines-to-cut-500-milwaukeearea-employees-cv46bem-139239153.html

Frontier Airlines will cut nearly 500 Milwaukee employees - nearly half of them flight crew members based at Mitchell International Airport - as a result of a major service reduction here.

Those job cuts will occur in April, according to information Frontier filed Monday with the state Department of Workforce Development under the state's layoff notice law.

Frontier said 446 employees will be affected by the cuts, to occur between April 15 and April 30. About 230 employees are flight crew members who will be reassigned to bases outside Milwaukee, the company said in its filing.

[elfin]

1. TIme to change my mileage credit card

Should have done it much earlier, but lazy due to its linkage to various accounts.

Remember the wonderful years of Midwest Airline. Truly great with fantastic food and amenities at comparable prices to other airlines.

This is very bad news for Milwaukee.

At one time Midwest was paired with Northwest and I was able to score a free frequent flyer to and from Italy. No more goodies for the likes of this customer.

[Scuba]

2. More bad news for the People of Wisconsin.