United Airlines employees at Eppley Airfield could soon find themselves looking for work. The Chicago-based airline announced a potential cut of 2,000 employees at 28 airports around the country.The move could impact the jobs of about 90 people in Omaha.Claudia Blancett, a retired United employee familiar with the negotiations, told KETV NewsWatch 7 United management representatives from different airports – including Eppley Airfield – flew to Chicago to meet with company executives on Jan. 26.Union leaders from Omaha’s airport are also meeting with United executives this week to negotiate a cut in wages.“It’s below the poverty level and unfortunately for United Airlines to accept any negotiations from the union they would have to cut their wages down to these levels,” said Blancett.The 28 airports where the company is considering job cuts are not United hubs.“Our major competitors in these locations – like Delta and American – have workforce arrangements, including market competitive souring, that allow them to operate in these stations at significantly lower costs,” a company memo to employees reads.The airline needs to make sure its costs are competitive, and so it is considering outsourcing jobs of some bag handlers and customer-service agents, United spokesman Luke Punzenberger said.The memo, obtained by KETV NewsWatch 7, also indicates United already has bids from several vendors to take over the baggage, gate and ticketing work at many, if not all of the 28 airports.“Before we make any final decision to transfer work to these vendors, we will meet with the International Association of Machinists to determine if we can keep the work with United under different labor terms, as provided under the collective bargaining agreements,” the memo reads.Outsourced work at Eppley Airfield is not unprecedented. Only Southwest Airlines and United currently have no outsourced employees at Omaha’s airport. American Airlines and US Airways have company employees only for "above-wing" jobs, such as at the ticket gate.Airline employees for United can make more than $20 an hour at Eppley Airfield. Outsourced employees who have taken over work at other stations around the country routinely make less than $10 an hour.The move follows United's decision last year to outsource more than 600 jobs at 12 airports around the country. Most were at airports served by smaller United Express regional flights.United Continental Holdings earned $1.12 billion in the first nine months of 2014, eclipsing the $571 million it made in all of 2013.