The American Airlines company announced Wednesday that it would start to lay off 19,000 employees from Thursday, politicians not having agreed on an extension of aid to the air sector, weakened by the pandemic.
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However, if Democrats and Republicans reach a compromise in the days to come,
"we will reverse"
these layoffs
"and recall the affected team members
,
"
company president Doug Parker said in a message to employees and consulted by AFP.
