Up in the Air is a movie that from the perspective of unique discusses the society, especially in the financial crisis under the background of the human.
Ryan is a company layoffs expert, his work is flying around for companies to solve problems, and his ambition is flying saved reached 10 million miles, which promoted to platinum membership.
He represents the Career Transitions Corporation,a company that assists unemployed people and is asked to fire personnel by their employers who fear doing it by themselves.
While traveling, he meets a frequent flyer named Alex. They begin a casual relationship, meeting whenever they can arrange to cross paths.
But Ryan is threatened by an ambitious freshman named Natalie,who promoting teleconferencing to cut costs.Ryan argues that she knows nothing about the actual process,as she has never fired anyone and doesn't know how to handle upset people.
Ryan plays the role of a fired employee to show her inexperience.His boss assigns him to take Natalie with him on his next round of terminations,much to his annoyance.And Natalie is disturbed by firing people face to face.
During the trip, Natalie is depressed when her boyfriend broke up with her by message. Soon afterwords they begin to carry out Natalie's program.
There are problems during a test run; one laid-off man breaks down in tears before the camera, and she is unable to comfort him.
Ryan begins having second thoughts about his own life. As he starts to deliver his "What's In Your Backpack?" speech at a convention, he realizes he no longer believes it.Then he flies to Alex's home. When she opens the door,he discover she is a married woman; Ryan leaves without saying a word.
On his flight home, the crew announces that Ryan has just reached the ten-million-mile mark.
The airline's chief pilot notes that Ryan is the youngest person to reach the milestone; Ryan, who had been awaiting that moment for a long time, is almost silent.
Back in his office, His boss then tells Ryan that a woman he and Natalie fired has committed suicide, just as she warned them she would,and that when Natalie found out, she immediately quit by message and left without another word.
Natalie applies for a job,The interviewer is impressed by her qualifications and a glowing recommendation from Ryan, and hires her.
The film concludes with Ryan standing in front of a vast destination board, looking up, and letting go of his luggage, echoing a sentiment expressed by Natalie earlier.