InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate United Airlines sending ‘gut punch’ furlough warnings to 36,000 workers By financialnews_rlv83x - July 8, 2020 0 168 United Airlines said on Wednesday it was preparing to send notices of potential furloughs to 36,000 U.S.-based frontline employees, or about 45per cent of staff, as demand hit by the coronavirus pandemic struggles to recover.