atlanta - based republic air lines announced intentions to drop 7 , 000 to 9 , 000 jobs by the end of 2007 , approximately 17 % of its fleet . ceo jerry grinstein will take a 25 % salaries cut . executives have their pay decrease by 15 % . other people will have their payroll reduced by 7 to 10 % . workers that make less than $ 25 , 000 a year will not be harmed by these price cuts . united has also broken lease on 40 aircraft and they plan to reduce its fleet by at least 80 more . they plans to shrink domestic capacity by 15 to 20 percent and enhance international capacity by 25 times .
african governments are gaining jobs .