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One of the largest American airlines American Airlines is experiencing a serious crisis on the background of the pandemic coronavirus. For money from the state, the leadership is forcing tens of thousands of employees to resign. This writes CNBC.

the Company is prohibited to cut staff or salaries until September in the framework of the agreement on financial assistance from the authorities. However, American Airlines called 25 thousand employees to take unpaid leave that can last up to two years, or prematurely retire. The company admits that mass actually causes employees to leave American Airlines.

In simple can go almost 10 thousand flight attendants, 2.5 thousand pilots and 3.2 thousand technical maintenance specialists. Income American Airlines in June fell by more than 80 percent compared to last year, so digging had to resort to such measures.

In June, the largest airline in Europe, Lufthansa has decided to cut about 26 thousand people. Problems from the German company, like entire world aviation industry, started due to the suspension of flights due to pandemic coronavirus.