> Other changes include scaling back its air shuttle service between California and other Western states

Makes sense...

> as well as raising the eligibility requirement for its employee sabbatical program from four to seven years.

Ah, there it is. Classic Intel; run into problems so we'll double-down on our already toxic work environment and obliterating morale.

That alone should demonstrate how they have no real strategy for getting out of this mess. They're grasping at anything to keep those shares afloat.