The memo, from CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom, stated that the airline hopes to keep away from some of these furloughs, which embrace round 10,000 flight attendants and a couple of,500 pilots.
“We hope to reduce the actual number of furloughs significantly through enhanced leave and early-out programs for represented workgroups, which we are announcing today,” the memo stated.
On Wednesday, the 2 American Airlines executives additionally stated the service helps a union-led effort to foyer Congress to lengthen the CARES Act aid cash — which is about to expire on the finish of September — by way of March 2021. They be aware the prolonged timeline is critical due to the “much longer impact of the pandemic than was anticipated when the CARES Act was enacted.”
“We know American will be smaller going forward and we must right-size all aspects of our airline to adjust to that new reality,” they stated.
– Chris Isidore and Jackie Wattles contributed to this report
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