American Airlines has announced it is creating nearly 500 new maintenance jobs and expanding its heavy maintenance operations at its facilities in Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Tulsa.
The airline says the increased workforce will enable it to handle more heavy maintenance checks at these locations.
Greg Emerson, American Airlines’ vice president of base maintenance and facilities, said: “American is excited to grow our talented Technical Operations workforce with more high-paying, skilled aviation maintenance positions.
“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 American has been doing for some time.”
The incremental maintenance positions announced are:
- Charlotte: 133 total openings, including 122 AMTs
- Pittsburgh: 44 total openings, including 40 AMTs
- Tulsa: 321 total openings, including 227 AMTs.
The hiring announcement is in addition to the more than 300 jobs recently added to American’s Tech Ops – Tulsa maintenance base thanks to a $22 million grant awarded by the State of Oklahoma’s Business Expansion Incentive Program in 2023. The grant is helping the airline improve the world’s largest commercial aircraft maintenance base, including American Airlines‘ engine repair and overhaul facility.
Emerson added: “We’re very grateful to the State of Oklahoma Department of Commerce for this grant. As a direct result of this funding in 2023, we’ve already added hundreds of high-paying, skilled new jobs to the Tulsa economy and continue to make enhancements to our world-class maintenance facility.”
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