In the wake of its massive baggage-handling issues at Denver International Airport, United Airlines is reinstating 40 previously furloughed ramp employees.
"These recalled full-time workers will help us meet operational needs for spring and summer," said airline spokesman Charles Hobart.
The 40 recalled workers are among 159 United employees placed on furlough as part of budgetary cutbacks, most of them in 2008, Hobart said.
The announcement comes as United's baggage operations at DIA are under intense scrutiny amid passenger reports of lost luggage, delayed flights and hours-long waits for checked luggage to appear at baggage claim — problems that may finally be subsiding.
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