American Airlines set to increase its maintenance workforce

American Airlines is set to increase its workforce by introducing 500 new aviation maintenance jobs along with an additional line of heavy maintenance work at the airline’s maintenance bases in Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Tulsa. “American is excited to grow our talented Technical Operations workforce with more high-paying, skilled aviation maintenance positions,” said Greg Emerson, American’s vice president of base maintenance and facilities. Emerson continued: “It’s an opportunity to grow our maintenance capacity and capabilities in the near-term and preserve them over the long run by continuing to build our pipeline of future maintenance team members — which is important work