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American Airlines, a subsidiary of Fort Worth-based AMR Corp. AMR), said 1,200 flight attendant positions will beimpacted nationwide, alonv with 300 airport services stafvf members and 50 carg o service positions. Flight attendant cuts will be made on a basissof seniority. As is customary in most layoffs, American said voluntaryt exit packages will be offered to employees who may want toretired early. In addition, 40 previously announceds job cuts will be made atthe airline’s Kansasa maintenance facility. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area alone, Americah will be cutting 66 airport services andcargo positions, which includes baggage as well as 67 flightf attendant positions.
Tim Smith, a spokesmam for American, said the layoffs were made in conjunction with capacity reductions announced by Americanon Thursday. In a letterr to American employees released the company’s senior vice president of humajn resources Jeff Brundage said, “These reductionsd come as a result of our effort to 'right size' our operation and respond to the weaker deman for travel by reducing our schedule, including seasonal and addressing lower-than-expected Brundage in his letter addedr that the cuts coincide with CEO Gerard Arpey’zs announcement that the airline will be cutting its capacitty by 7.5 percent due to lower consumedr travel demands.
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