United Continental offers buyout deal to flight attendants

• United Continental (NASDAQ:UAL) says it will pay eligible flight attendants up to $100,000 to leave the company through a voluntary buyout.
• The deal aims to end furloughs at the over-staffed airline, and will recall all 1,450 flight attendants on leave so they may request the severance payment or return to work.
• Problems of over-staffing at the airline increased after United retired some of its planes, leaving the company 2,000-plus flight attendants above capacity.