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American Airlines boosts job cutting goal
April 19, 2012, Dallas, Tx. - American Airlines wants to eliminate 1,200 nonunion jobs as it cuts costs while under bankruptcy protection.
April 19, 2012 By Carey Fredericks
That pushes the company's overall job-cut target to 14,200. It announced plans in February to cut 13,000 union pilots, flight attendants and ground workers.
American outlined the cuts for many nonunion workers on Tuesday. The company wants to outsource the jobs of all airport skycaps and cargo agents, cancel a planned lump-sum payment that was due for nonunion workers next year, freeze their pension plan, cut vacation and paid holidays, and reduce medical benefits.
The airline says it will close a reservations call centre in Tucson, Ariz., and lounges at Washington's Dulles Airport and Kansas City International Airport.
