Airlines are starting to go through another round of rationalization and cuts.
AA who last quarter cut a number of operational people is going to shut down its maintenance base in MCI. For those of you who are historians or just a little sentimental this was TWA's base. This is for me personally sad since I worded for TWA/PARS during the 1980s in MCI. AA is eliminating about 700 jobs in total most of them in Kansas City. This is on top of a number of customer service and flight attendant jobs in the last quarter.
US Airways is also cutting a little piece of history. It is essentially throwing in the towel on the LAS hub. The whole cutting of the former HP hub started at the height of the fuel crisis last year when they canceled the night hub. With a significant cut back in traffic to LV - the local Tourism is going to take a hit. The carrier cutting 1,000 jobs next year, shifting virtually all of its flights to its three hubs and suspending several international routes. “It’s a major retrenchment,” said Chairman Doug Parkers. The airline will also deploy smaller aircraft on the shuttle runs.
There will be more.
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