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Wednesday, April 2, 2003
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CONGRATULATIONS!
Join the Celebration at the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center
APRIL 3RD RING DELIVERY
Tickets distributed throughout the day, beginning at 7:15 a.m.
You must have a numbered ticket to get your Ring.
FEsrmnES begin at 2 p.m.
Ring distribution starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m.
We encourage you to take the Bonfire or
Replant bus routes that stop in front of the building.
Texas Aggie Artist, Benjamin Knox ’90, personalizing the “Historic Aggie Ring”
You must bring your pink receipt and driver’s license
to pick up your Ring. If you do not have your pink receipt,
please bring your student ID and driver’s license.
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By Angela K. Brown
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPONSORED BY
The Association
OF FORMER STUDENTS
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FORT WORTH, Texas —
American Airlines will lay off
2,500 pilots, or 19 percent of the
total, over the next year as it
tries to avoid bankruptcy, union
officials said Tuesday.
The move is part of the pilot
union’s $660 million in conces
sions to save the world’s largest
airline, said John Darrah, presi
dent of the 13,000-member
Allied Pilots Association.
As part of an agreement
reached with the airline
Monday, pilot salaries will also
be slashed 23 percent beginning
May 1 and 17 percent each sub
sequent year of the six-year
pact, Darrah said.
“I don’t think anybody’s
thrilled with the significant pay
cuts and furloughs ... hut the
alternative clearly would be
even worse,” union spokesman
Gregg Overman said.
Pilots have 14 days to ratify
the new contract.
The concessions were part of
$1.8 billion in total cuts secured
by the airline from key labor
leaders Monday. Union mem
bers are expected to vote on the
accords over the next two weeks.
The industry is still battling
its worst downturn ever, pre
cipitated by fears of terrorism,
an ailing economy and now the
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By
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war in Iraq.
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pushing employees to
wage and benefit cuts
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carriers laid of thousanoday. Both tea
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