Statistics released by the U.S. Department of Transportation showed that employment in the airline industry declined for the tenth month in a row. Overall, employment has fallen 2.4 percent from last year. The declines are largely lead by cost-cutting measures taken by American airlines, which has cut 8.4 percent of its workforce since it filed for bankruptcy. Similarly, Delta- the world's second largest airline- cut 3.9 percent of jobs in the last twelve months.
See "Fewer airline jobs: cuts at AA, regionals spur decline", USA Today, August 29, 2013