Do I need more reasons not to fly?

Increases in ticket prices...
Paying for each piece of luggage...
Paying for water and soft drinks...
Flight delays and cancellations...
Turbulance...
Security lines…
Fear of falling out of the sky at 30,000 feet....

As if I didn't already have a laundry list of reasons I don't like to fly, there is another reason I am adding to my growing list:

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, will cut 1,300 mechanic and maintenance jobs, accounting for almost 20 percent of the positions it plans to eliminate this year.

An additional 200 management and support jobs in those operations also will be dropped, spokeswoman Tami McLallen said today in an interview. The hourly employees are among 25,000 at Fort Worth, Texas-based American in the Transport Workers Union, the airline's biggest labor group.

American disclosed the numbers after AMR posted a second- quarter net loss of $1.45 billion this week as it reduced the value of its jet fleet. American has said it will slash about 6,840 jobs and ground 103 planes to blunt record fuel bills.

Yeah…that makes me feel a whole heck of a lot more secure about flying. Let me get this straight, you are going to keep flying airplanes and instead of cutting big, fat, overinflated executive corporate salaries, you are going to cut the jobs of the people who make sure the aircraft functions properly.

FREAKING BRILLIANT IDEA!!!!!

The last time I checked if your engines go out at 30,000 feet you can’t exactly pull over and call AAA for a tow.

Well if you are a flyer like me who sits with sweaty palms and white knuckles you may want to consider alternative means of transportation.

And if you are puffing your chest up and saying that this is only American Airlines that is doing this you may want to take a look around because I can almost guarantee EVERY other airline is following suite.