This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@xxxxxxxxx /-------------------- advertisement -----------------------\ Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com. http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?ci=1015 \----------------------------------------------------------/ Attendants Extend Shifts at American July 14, 2003 By BLOOMBERG NEWS Flight attendants for American Airlines have approved a longer work day, a move that may result in 208 furloughs. The option, chosen Friday by 7,535, or 63 percent, of the 12,045 attendants whose votes were certified, includes changing the domestic duty day to 13 scheduled hours and 15 maximum hours. The results were announced via recorded message at the Association of Professional Flight Attendants in Euless, Tex. American, the unit of AMR, has negotiated $1.8 billion in annual cost reductions from employees in an effort to avert a bankruptcy protection filing. Those cuts were part of a plan to cut $4 billion in annual spending after accumulating losses that totaled $5.3 billion in the last two years and increased competition from low-cost carriers. "This does not necessarily mean there will be furloughs," a union spokesman, George Price, said before the vote was announced. Flight attendants must be offered voluntary leaves of absence or job-sharing arrangements with other attendants before furloughs occur, he said. American said it was too soon to know the effect of the vote. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/14/business/14AIR.html?ex=1059190769&ei=1&en=4fccda2223ee12ee --------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://www.nytimes.com/ads/nytcirc/index.html HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@xxxxxxxxxxx or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@xxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company