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Unions await layoffs
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DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines employ
ees could learn as early as Wednesday whether
they will still have jobs, as the world’s largest car
rier grapples with a downturn in business caused
by last week’s terrorist attacks.
American and other major carriers have
already cut their flight schedules by 20 percent,
“and we are currently studying other resource
issues associated with that, including employees,’’
said Karen Watson, a spokeswoman for American.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, an
American official told The Associated Press the
company would announce layoffs this week but
the number of layoffs was unclear.
Unions representing pilots, flight attendants
and mechanics have been plotting strategy for pro
tecting as many jobs as possible, convinced that
layoffs are coming.
“We’re expecting it, we just don’t know how
it’s going to affect flight attendants. We’re not in
denial,” said Leslie Mayo, a spokeswoman for the
Association of Professional Flight Attendants,
which has about 23,000 members at American.
Leaders of the Allied Pilots Association, which
represents American’s 11,000 pilots, have talked
to airline officials about how furlough provisions
of their contract would be applied. The union did
not respond to calls for comment.
American and its commuter line, American
Eagle, have about 100.000 employees.
Houston-based Continental said Saturday it
would lay off 12,000 of its 56,000 employees.
Employees are still awaiting details.
A spokeswoman for Dallas-based South-
Airlines said the low-fare carrier has resume
nearly normal schedule of 2,700 daily flighb.
was not considering layoffs.
American last furloughed flight attendant
1^81, when it w'as closing down operaiion
some cities. Under a contract provision negoL
then and renewed several times, the airline-.!
offer unpaid leave before it can furlough i
attendants.
Workers who accept the leave package
retain their medical and travel benefits and.
tinue to accrue seniority for purposes of pens
Mayo said.
The pilots’ union says that an agreement lie:
American’s purchase of Trans World Airline'
year could force American to offer early
ment to many pilots before making layoffs.
The unions, however, are concerned
American will seek to sidestep the normalr.
because of the unusual circumstances of thecr
er’s current problems: Terrorist attacks that,
expected to reduce air travel for months.
Since the attacks, airlines suffered throng
shutdown of the nation’s aviation system.,
even since fly ing was resumed, many planesh.
flow n half-empty. But airlines must still cor
with fixed costs such as labor and airplaneb
Continental Airlines has nearly as much dr
capital, according to Salomon Smith Br
American's parent. AMR Corp. of Fort Wat
in slightly better shape, and Southwest has a I-
debt ratio than either of its Texas rivals.
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and Blue Out organizer and a
junior finance major, said the
T-shirt demand is already over
whelming his group's supply,
and that he is not worried about
competing with other retailers.
“What really concerns me
is the idea that somebody
might be profiting off of this,”
Bethea said.
The Texas A&M Bookstore
in the Memorial Student Center
announced Wednesday that
proceeds from the sales of its
red, white and blue T-shirts
will be donated to the Red,
White and Blue relief fund.
“The MSC was getting
some bad bull from a lot of
people who thought they were
trying to compete with us,”
said Nick Luton, a Red. White
and Blue Out organizer and a
senior civil engineering major.
“I know a lot of people were
confused about who was sell
ing which shirts and where the
money was going, and we want
to make sure everybody knows
that every dime that we make is
going to charity.”
Marc Eckhart, the manager
of the bookstore, said the pro
ceeds from the patriotic-
themed T-shirts had already
been earmarked for charity, but
he decided to join the Red,
White and Blue Out project to
avoid duplicating efforts.
“It’s an opportunity to help
meet a tremendous demand for
these shirts and to help this
group that’s trying to do some
thing good,” Eckhart said.
Bethea said his group has
already sold more than 25,000
t-shirts, and even ran out of T-
shirts Wednesday morning.
“They’re (C&C Creations)
printing them as fast as they
can, and we’ll have 1 1,000 T-
shirts, all colors and sizes,
ready to go Thursday morn
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