Sorry if the message already been posted.....been having trouble with my email the last few hours, the messages were not coming in to the apporaite mailbox and disappearing. in to cyber space.......should be fixed now! American Airlines implements cost savings SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) ? American Airlines said Tuesday it had begun implementing pay cuts and other cost-saving measures that were approved last week to help the world's largest air carrier avoid bankruptcy. "We're continuing to move forward with our plan to reduce annual operating costs by $4 billion," Gerard Arpey, chief executive of American's parent AMR, said in a statement. As of May 1, all the company's domestic employees will take pay cuts. American also expects to eliminate more than 7,000 jobs over the next few months. American said it will notify about 5,000 of its most junior flight attendants that they may be subject to furlough effective July 1. In addition, it said it will send furlough notices to 1,300 mechanics and related workers this Wednesday, with their furloughs expected to take effect on May 16. Furlough notices to 1,200 fleet service clerks will go out during the next several weeks, with an effective date of June 14. American also said it has been meeting with the Allied Pilots Association and expects pilot furloughs to begin in July. Pay, benefit and work rule changes will take effect on May 1 among the airline's agents, representatives, planners, support staff and management, the company said. Like most air carriers, the company has suffered from reduced air travel resulting from the weak economy, the war in Iraq and the recent SARS scare. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.pscutt.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************