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Old Mar 16, 2020, 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Often1
At the end of 2019, AA had 128,900 employees worldwide. That is a lot of jobs to write off over self-entitled whining about seat pitch.

The OpEd is ill-informed and typical of an ivory tower academic with tenure who does not have to worry about getting his hands dirty.
If you read the comments on this article in the WSJ (apparently not behind the paywall, at least for me) you'll see that your view is shared by a tiny minority:

Airlines Seek $50 Billion Coronavirus Aid Package


https://www.wsj.com/articles/airline...=djemalertNEWS
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