NPR: Tom Horton https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=146225531 Tom Horton en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:58:17 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Tom Horton https://www.npr.org/tags/146225531/tom-horton American Airlines Plans To Cut 12,000 To 14,000 Jobs The company, now in bankruptcy protection, would eliminate as many as 16 percent of its jobs. "But we will also preserve tens of thousands of jobs that would have been lost if we had not embarked on this path," CEO Tom Horton says. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:05:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/02/01/146224560/american-airlines-plans-to-cut-12-000-to-14-000-jobs https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/02/01/146224560/american-airlines-plans-to-cut-12-000-to-14-000-jobs

The company, now in bankruptcy protection, would eliminate as many as 16 percent of its jobs. "But we will also preserve tens of thousands of jobs that would have been lost if we had not embarked on this path," CEO Tom Horton says.

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