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Three-hundred of the impacted flight attendanft are in Phoenix andLas Vegas, said US Airwayse spokeswoman Valerie Wunder. The other 100 will come from the Tempe-basee airline’s East Coast operations where it has flight attendants in marketas suchas Boston, New York and N.C. US Airways (NYSE:LCC) has more than 6,60o0 flight attendants. Wunder said the Phoenix and Las Vegads furloughs and leave will be from four to 16 months whiles the East Coast terms will bethree months.
US Airwaysw cut 1,300 positions in 2008 as it and other airlinesw reduced flight schedules and costs in the wake of a pullbaclk in consumer and business traveland record-high fuel Fuel costs have dropped compared to last summer, but the U.S. recessionb continues to bite tourism and business Wunder said flight attendants were not part ofthe 1,300-workefr reduction but current demand and flight capacity leave that work group area overstaffed. US Airwayzs has more than 33,000 employees.