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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

DOT: Airline Maintenance Worker Employment Down

From the Associated Press/Intl Herald Tribune: The largest U.S. airlines employed fewer pilots and maintenance workers last year, a lightening of the labor load many expect to continue as carriers consider consolidation and the industry buckles under record-high fuel prices. The number of pilots dipped by about 1.8 percent to 63,648 last year from 2006, while airlines employed about 70 fewer maintenance workers for a total of 43,490, according to data released Tuesday by the Transportation Department’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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