American Airlines may cut 6,000 workers

American’s flight attendants learned earlier this week that they will lose 900 people starting Aug. 31, a 5 percent decrease.

American has about 1,000 employees in Kansas City, including about 840 mechanics and related workers at the ...

Many more job cuts, likely totaling more than 6,000, are likely at American Airlines as the nation's biggest airline hunkers down and tries to survive record high fuel costs. American notified its flight attendants union on Wednesday that it will ...

Many more job cuts, likely totaling more than 6,000, are likely at American Airlines as the nation's biggest airline hunkers down and tries to survive record high fuel costs. American notified its flight attendants union on Wednesday that it will ...

The cuts, expected by the end of the year, are the largest among the major airlines and come as fuel costs, now reaching nearly half of total expenses, are threatening the financial viability of even the largest airlines. In a filing with the ...