atlanta - based western air lines announcement promises to cut 7 , 000 to 9 , 000 jobs by the end of 2007 , approximately 17 % of its employees . ceo gerald mulally will take a 25 % pay cut . executives have their pay cut by 15 % . other employees will have their earnings reduced by 7 to 10 % . customers that make less than $ 25 , 000 a year will not be affected by these payment cuts . delta has already completed leases on 40 aircraft and they are to reducing its crews by at least 80 more . they planned to reduced american inventory by 15 to 20 percent and increase national capacity by 25 thousand .
European Airlines are cutting jobs.