Pilots of United Airlines on Monday voted to accept an arrangement that would prevent 2,850 personnel from being furloughed, while thousands of other airline staff keep their fingers crossed that Congress will release more funding to avert further retrenchments.

The deal between the pilot union and airline company avoids job losses through at least June 21 in exchange for allocating fewer hours to the pilots. However, United Air disclosed that it is still on course to let go some 13,000 other staff as soon as next month.

United Airlines sent retrenchment notices to 36,000 workers in July. Monday's deal – the latest between U.S. carriers that are sharply reducing costs during the pandemic – was confirmed by almost 60 percent of the pilots who concurred on the voting.

The deal comes as United, American and other smaller carriers brace to end the job contracts of thousands of personnel, when $25 billion in government stimulus expires. American Air is considering to cut around 19,000 jobs.

Air travel in the U.S. remains around two-thirds lower compared to figures a year ago. United Airlines executives, on the other hand, do not anticipate travel demand to even reach pre-pandemic levels until treatment for the virus becomes available.

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday disclosed that she thinks an agreement can be stuck with the White House for a pandemic bailout, but it was not clear whether a deal could be attained in a short period of time.

Capt. Todd Insler, Airline Pilots Association United chairman, said that with the deal now in place, "we'll turn set our focus back to Congress to get a much-needed CARES Act extension to keep our industry solvent," ABC News quoted him as saying in a statement.

Meanwhile, If U.S. carriers secure another federal stimulus package, the deal with pilots and the union would be paused. United Airlines' shares wrapped up Monday's session 5.1 percent up at $35.94.