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U.S. airline employment will soon fall to the lowest level since the mid-1980s. The decline is the result of the Covid-19 pandemic.By the end of the year airlines will have cut the equivalent of about 90,000 jobs since the beginning of the pandemic. The massive job loss includes more than 30,000 furloughs at airlines like United and American that began last month and the departure of thousands of other workers who accepted buyouts from Southwest, Delta and other carriers. Passenger carriers and their employees’ labor unions have repeatedly urged Congress for a second $25 billion federal aid package to preserve jobs through March.