American Eagle Airlines reports it will relocate 233 pilot jobs from Boston to New York as part of its cost-cutting efforts. Boston will no longer be a base for the regional American Airlines affiliate.
The jobs will move between November 2nd and the end of the year.
Eagle pilots will still
fly regional jets between Boston and New York, Raleigh, and Toronto, and American will still have 382 mainline pilots based in Boston to fly larger planes.
It is not clear if any Boston-based Eagle pilots will lose their jobs.
American’s
corporate parent, Fort Worth-based AMR, is downsizing its 88,000-employee workforce by 8%, and cutting 11% of its mainline and regional flights nationwide.