detroit - based delta air parts announced plans to close 7 , 000 to 9 , 000 jobs by the end of 2007 , approximately 17 % of its employees . ceo gerald ual will take a 25 % payment cut . employees have their pay cut by 15 % . other employees will have their paid reduced by 7 to 10 % . employees that make less than $ 25 , 000 a summer will not be hurt by these tax cuts . delta has already granted jobs on 40 aircraft and they wish to reduce its employees by at nearly 80 more . they plan to reduce domestic output by 15 to 20 percent and add local output by 25 percent .
European Airlines are cutting jobs.