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American Eagle Cutting 100 More Jobs

| May 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

Airnation.net Newswire

Airnation.net Newswire

American Eagle, the regional short-haul division of American Airlines parent company AMR, says it will cut another 100 jobs in the management and support sectors.

The regional airline plans to save $7 million a year with the layoffs, which would trim nonunion management and support staff by about 10 percent, including about 15 percent of executive officers.

Daniel Garton, Eagle’s president and CEO, told employees of the cuts in an internal memo dated Friday.

A spokesman said Tuesday that the 10 percent equaled about 100 jobs. The company announced in March that it planned to shed 500 to 600 union and nonunion jobs, some by attrition.

American/AMR filed for bankruptcy protection in November of last year.

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