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American Airlines sending 25,000 WARN letters to employees regarding potential layoffs and furloughs
FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines is sending 25,000 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letters on July 15 ahead of potential layoffs or furloughs. Out of those 25,000 letters, 9,950 (37%) are being sent to flight attendants, 4,500 (26%) are being sent to fleet service employees and 3,200 (22%) are being delivered to maintenance and related workers, according to a statement from the airline.“We hate taking this step, as we know the impact it has on our hardworking team members,” said CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom in the statement. “From the time the CARES Act was signed in March, we had a stated goal of avoiding furloughs because we believed demand for air travel would steadily rebound by Oct.