=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2003/04/01/f= inancial1404EST0154.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, April 1, 2003 (AP) About 2,500 American Airlines pilots to lose their jobs (04-01) 11:04 PST FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- About 2,500 American Airlines' pilots will lose their jobs over the next year, some through retirement, as part of the union's $660 million in annual concessions to save the company from bankruptcy, union officials said Tuesday. As part of the agreement reached with the airline Monday, pilots' salari= es will be slashed 23 percent in the first year, beginning May 1, and 17 percent each subsequent year of the 6-year pact, said John E. Darrah, president of the 13,000-member Allied Pilots Association. Pilots have 14 days to ratify the new contract. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 AP