By KWGS News
Fort Worth, TX – American Airlines executives met with union leaders to outline American's business plan and the necessary steps we must take to secure our future success. A difficult outcome of the restructuring process is our need to reduce our workforce to better align with a more efficient operation. The business plan and our proposals, which are necessary for long-term success, outline a reduction of approximately 13,000 employees across our company. The company will share proposals with the unions this afternoon, however below is an approximate breakdown of expectedjob reductions by workgroup.
Expected Employee Reductions
Agents, Reps, Planners - TBD, the ARP restructuring plan is still under development as the company collects and analyzes employee feedback
Fleet Service & Other TWU - Approximately 4,200
Flight Attendants - Approximately 2,300
Management/Support Staff - Approximately 1,400
Mechanics and Related - Approximately 4,600
Pilots - Approximately 400
Total - Approximately 13,000