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Former TWA Flight Attendants' Furlough Delay Re...uest Denied; Layoffs Proceed.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2003
By Cynthia Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 1--A federal judge in New York on Monday denied former Trans World Airlines flight attendants' re...uest to delay their furloughs, clearing the way for American Airlines to lay off more than 3,100 flight attendants, including all the ones based at Lambert Field.
The flight attendants today will turn in their identification badges, airport facility keys and emergency manuals. And as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, no former TWA flight attendant will work for the airline, which is based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Still, the company has said service at Lambert will not be affected. The laid-off workers will be replaced with about 920 flight attendants who worked for...
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