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The union said the airline made a contract proposal covering fleet workers yesterday, and said it expected US Airways to make a similar proposal covering mechanics today.

But Mr. Crandall was reluctant to buy other airlines, fearing the disruption and headaches posed by combining different fleets, workers and computer systems.

The jobs saved would come from fleet service workers and maintenance workers.

Delta, one of the few large airlines that is largely nonunion, has beaten back recent efforts by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to organize 13,000 Delta baggage handlers and other fleet service workers and 15,000 ticket agents and other passenger service workers.

RMT has instructed all members excluding fleet maintenance workers not to book any shifts.

Ms. Lee said 319 fleet service workers and 323 customer service employees would be laid off.

Yesterday, American said that it had reached a tentative agreement for concessions from its 16,300 fleet service workers.

The company took another step yesterday toward trimming its labor costs by presenting a proposal for concessions to the International Association of Machinists, which represents US Airways' 5,500 fleet service workers.

"The initial response is that the proposals are totally unacceptable," said Joe Tiberi, a spokesman for the machinists' union, which represents mechanics and fleet service workers.

Union representatives said that the airline wanted annual cuts of $595 million from pilots; $182 million from mechanics; $90 million each from the flight attendants and the customer service agents; and $79 million from fleet service workers.

The airline had not reached an agreement with its machinists' union, which represents more than 12,000 mechanics and fleet service workers and has been the most reluctant to make concessions.