Tourism takes a vacation, and many businesses are hurting
EVERETT — “Hey, Jim, can I have my old job back?”
Jim Grant, the owner of Northway Aviation at Paine Field, has been fielding those phone calls from commercial airline pilots this year.
The Everett flight school offers flying lessons, small airplane rentals and scenic flights.
“A lot of our flight instructors moved on to the airlines,” said Grant. With the travel industry now in a slump, though, they’re are out of jobs and looking for work.
Grant expects more such calls this fall. On Monday, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines notified the state of plans to lay off 1,583 Washington employees beginning Oct. 1.
He couldn’t afford to rehire them even if he wanted to. Business is down 70%, he said.
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