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May 6, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
#UAL Flight Ops Town Hall: 05/05/2029

- Carrying more cargo than DAL & AAL combined
- 260 weekly cargo flights
- Just belly cargo for now
- Testing for cargo in overhead bins & closets in mid May. Need FAA approval
- Using 777 & 787-9s for belly cargo
- No 777s or 787-9s parked #UAL Flight Ops Town Hall: 05/05/2029 (cont'd-2)

- Carrying a steady 10,000 pax per day compared to 250,000 per day in 2019. 2% of last year.
- Bumped up last couple days but still less passengers per days than total number of UAL Pilots.(13,574).
May 1, 2020 10 tweets 4 min read
#United Town Hall
05/01/2020

- Original plan 7 weeks ago was demand down 70% for 2 months, then recover. Didn’t happen.
- Demand essentially still down 100% with no sign of uptick.
- SWA now planning on a 5 year recovery SWA has 14 Billion cash on hand. #United Town Hall
05/01/2020 (cont'd)

- UAL has only 9.6 billion cash
- UAL had 6 billion at start of crisis
- SWA much smaller than UAL
- UAL would have to have 25 billion to match SWA
- UAL must reduce cash burn
- AA & DAL cash burn 70M/day
- UAL burning 45M/day