"We will see more cuts across the board, all workers, in the
months ahead.... Were it not for Exxon getting most of our money
this year, we would have been able to make some progress."
Source: American Airlines CEO Gerald Arpy in a
statement on the pending layoff of a thousand workers -- including
450 pilots. Arpy says American will pay $500 million more for fuel
in the fourth quarter of this year than it did during the same time
last year.