JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants.

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), beside Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants.

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Pilots and flight attendants of Japan Airlines Corp. ask the company to retract its plan to cut some 170 pilots and flight attendants in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010, as its voluntary retirement program has failed to meet a job reduction target under its revival efforts. The airline is expected to execute the cut on Dec. 31. (Kyodo)

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants. (Kyodo)

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), beside Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants. (Kyodo)