That development took place on Wednesday, two days before President
Joe Biden’s planned signature of his American Rescue Plan, when American Airlines sent a note officially cancelling an earlier layoff warning to 13,000 of its workers. Those employees were scheduled to be furloughed as of April 1st, but, in expectation of the bill’s stimulus aimed at helping the airline, the company the rescinded its drawdown.
In a message from American Airlines Chairman and CEO
Doug Parker and President
Robert Isom, the pair cheerfully touted the upcoming passage of the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, which notably passed both the House and Senate this past week without a single Republican vote.
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