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American Airlines’ layoffs at maintenance plant larger than foreseen

Kyle Arnold

Skift Take

American Airlines' bankruptcy is a numbers' game to cost-cutters, but it is changing the lives of some of the airline's now-former workers forever.

American Airlines will now lay off 436 mechanics at its Tulsa Maintenance & Engineering Center, 66 more than reported a few weeks ago. Workers at the local facility, which employs 7,000 people, began receiving layoff notices Thursday morning, a final confirmation they would actually lose their jobs after many months of worry and speculation. The new totals come as the company recalculates early retirements and other factors that will affect the total number of workers needed at the Tulsa base. "Despite the significantly reduced numbers of furloughs, involuntary separations are an unfortunate but necessary part of the restructuring process," said Bruce Hicks, a spokesman for American A

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