Worry in Tulsa that American Airlines Layoffs Could Become Industry Departures | StateImpact Oklahoma

When American Airlines announced bankruptcy-fueled layoffs at the company’s maintenance base in Tulsa, the initial worry was for the thousands of local workers slated for layoffs.

That concern has spread to fear for Oklahoma’s aerospace industry itself.

If plans to layoff 2,100 workers at the Tulsa maintenance base go through, the loss could mean losing more than 10 percent of the total Tulsa-area workforce.

The aerospace industry employs about 20,000 people in the Tulsa region, Tulsa Metro Chamber economist Bob Ball tells the Associated Press…

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