The memo, from CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom, said the airline hopes to avoid some of those permits, which include around 10,000 flight attendants and 2,500 pilots.
“We hope to significantly reduce the actual number of permits through enhanced licensing and early departure programs for represented workgroups, which we are announcing today,” the memo said.
On Wednesday, the two executives at American Airlines also said the airline supports a union-led effort to pressure Congress to extend aid money from the CARES Act, which will expire in late September, through March 2021. They note that the extended term is necessary due to the “much longer impact of the pandemic than anticipated when the CARES Act was enacted.”
“We know that American will be smaller in the future and we must adjust all aspects of our airline to adapt to this new reality,” they said.
– Chris Isidore and Jackie Wattles contributed to this report.
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