The airline has been under pressure to cut costs. CEO Bob Jordan said it was the company's first large-scale layoff.

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NEW YORK — Southwest Airlines said Monday it will cut 15% of its corporate workforce, or 1,750 people — the first mass layoffs in the company’s history. The cuts will start in April and ...

The layoffs were expected to begin on April 22, which was conveniently when the American Customer Satisfaction Index dropped ...

Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said he was confident that some of the carrier's most controversial changes would boost its bottom ...

Southwest Airlines Co. is eliminating 120 more jobs at four airports, extending a round of cutbacks that included the carrier’s first ever involuntary layoffs. The positions — including ...