{"id":9606,"date":"2012-09-11T09:36:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T14:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=9606"},"modified":"2012-09-11T09:44:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T14:44:08","slug":"american-airlines-is-laying-off-839-at-tulsa-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/09\/11\/american-airlines-is-laying-off-839-at-tulsa-base\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines is Laying Off 839 Workers at Tulsa Base"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Layoffs at American Airlines’ Tulsa maintenance base will begin in December, company officials said Monday.<\/p>

By February 2013, 839 mechanics and maintenance workers in Tulsa will lose their jobs, the Tulsa World<\/em>‘s D.R. Stewart reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Additional reductions of mechanics & related positions at the Tulsa maintenance base could occur as a result of the closing of the Alliance Airport base in Fort Worth and layoffs of 862 mechanics & related workers there whose seniority could lead to “bumping” of less senior mechanics in Tulsa, officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>

More than 7,000 people work at the bankrupt carrier’s Tulsa maintenance base; about 4,200 of those workers are mechanics, the paper reports:<\/p>\n

… 233 mechanics will be laid off in December and 606 mechanics will lose their jobs in February, American’s plan says.<\/p><\/blockquote>

American’s plan calls for 10,400 job cuts overall, which officials say will save the company more than $1 billion in annual labor costs. The plan still has to be approved by a bankruptcy judge, the World<\/em> reports, and company officials said an early retirement option \u2014 which closes Sept. 25 \u2014 could mitigate the number of “involuntary layoffs.”<\/p>\n

As part of the early-retirement program, a mechanic who is 45 years old with 15 years’ work experience could be eligible for a $12,500 cash payout, plus $10,000 and 13 weeks’ severance pay, company officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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