Outside the Eastern Airlines compound that sits along the northeast perimeter of Miami International Airport, the temperature was a pleasant 75 degrees and palm trees swayed in a gentle breeze. But inside a first-floor conference room in Eastern's boxlike concrete-and-glass headquarters, the scene was stormy. Under the harsh glare of a battery of television lights, executives of the 60- year-old airline last week announced the layoff of more than 3,500 employees, or 9% of the work force, sparing only pilots and flight attendants. Said Luz Gomez, 26, a laid-off clerical worker: "I don't know how they are going to do without...
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