American Airlines to cut 13,000 jobs [View all]

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(Note- financial analyst on the news just said they MAY outsource formerly union jobs... why am I not surprised?Welcome to Texas,y'all)

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/american-airlines-to-cut-13000.html



Here's a message that went out to the media early Thursday afternoon from American Airlines spokesman Bruce Hicks:

"This morning Tom Horton, Bev Goulet and Jeff Brundage met with union leaders to outline American's business plan and the necessary steps we must take to secure our future success. A difficult outcome of the restructuring process is our need to reduce our workforce to better align with a more efficient operation. The business plan and our proposals, which are necessary for long-term success, outline a reduction of approximately 13,000 employees across our company. The company will share proposals with the unions this afternoon, however below is an approximate breakdown of expected job reductions by workgroup."
Nearly 9,000 will come from the ranks of the Transport Workers Union, we see.



Fleet Service & Other TWU - Approximately 4,200

Flight Attendants - Approximately 2,300

Management/Support Staff - Approximately 1,400

Mechanics and Related - Approximately 4,600

Pilots - Approximately 400

Total - Approximately 13,000

Still under review are the number of passenger service agents and other employees that might be affected.