.: tim schwartz, 27 year flight attendant for american airlines, is reacting to news that he will have to leave california. one of 400 bay area flight attendants that will be relocated or offered retirement packages as the company will close the san francisco base. >> we are a close family and it is hard to know that our family will be broken up. j.r.: american airlines says we expect that san francisco will remain the same level of flying it does today, but there are no plans to grow san francisco and no future flight prospects. senior fellow at stanford, leo hannon, says this is not surprising. saying last year that san francisco lost six point 5% of its population. >> san francisco is the slowest growing large city is in the country. this is an indication that san francisco is not a growing location. j.r.: some of the flight attendants have been with american for 40 years. that is something the airline likely took into consideration. >> american is thinking that we have a lot of folks that will be retiring in the next 10 years. if we want to replace them and keep that flight attenda

.: tim schwartz, 27 year flight attendant for american airlines, is reacting to news that he will have to leave california. one of 400 bay area flight attendants that will be relocated or offered retirement packages as the company will close the san francisco base. >> we are a close family and it is hard to know that our family will be broken up. j.r.: american airlines says we expect that san francisco will remain the same level of flying it does today, but there are no plans to grow san francisco and no future flight prospects. senior fellow at stanford, leo hannon, says this is not surprising. saying last year that san francisco lost six point 5% of its population. >> san francisco is the slowest growing large city is in the country. this is an indication that san francisco is not a growing location. j.r.: some of the flight attendants have been with american for 40 years. that is something the airline likely took into consideration. >> american is thinking that we have a lot of folks that will be retiring in the next 10 years. if we want to replace them and keep that flight attenda

. >> tim schwartz with the association of professional flight attendants represents hundreds of employees impacted. he says american airlines and cited finances and profitability as the cause of the closure. california. >> a sick time will where you can use happy. you're sick time without being punished for attendance issue. you also have california school act where you can take a day off and go volunteer in your child's school. and you also have california state disability. so those are some of the issues. you know, i think behind the scenes that really played into the decision, it's you know, it's a cost measure. the airlines next closest spaces in l a. >> but that said to be overstaffed in the airline will not be moving anyone to that location. short says the decision will uproot families and forced many flight attendants to move out of state. >> there's a lot of us that have been rooted here, you know, in the bay area for 30 plus years. we've seen people have grow their families, their children. we've actually had some families that their children are actually flying for american. now

reporter: tim schwartz, a 27-year-old flight attendant for american airlines is reacting to news he will have to be california. one of 403 bay area american airlines flight attendants that will be relocated or offered retirement packages as the company will close its san francisco flight attendant base. >> we are a close family and it makes it hard to know that our family will be broken up. reporter: american airlines says, "expect san francisco to maintain the same of love flying there is today, but there are no plans to grow san francisco and no future flying prospects. a fellow at stanford's hoover institution says this is sadly not surprising, saying last year san francisco lost 6.5% of its population. >> san francisco is the slowest growing major city in the country. they moved by american is an indication that san francisco is not a growing location. reporter: some flight attendants being relocated have been with american airlines 20 to 40 years. that is something the airline likely took into consideration. >> american is thinking we have a lot of these folks will be retiring in th

tim schwartz with the association of professional flight attendants. >> represents hundreds of employees impacted. he says american airlines and cited finances and profitability as the cause of the closure. california. >> a sick time will where you can use happier, sick time without being punished for attendance issue. you also have california school act where you can take a day off and go volunteer in your child's school. and you also have california state disability. so those are some of the issues. you know, i think behind the scenes that really played into the decision, it's you know what to cost measure the airlines next closest spaces in l a. >> but that said to be overstaffed in the airline will not be moving anyone to that location. short says the decision will uproot families and forced many flight attendants to move out of state. >> there's a lot of us that have been rooted here, you know, in the bay area for 30 plus years. we've seen people have grow their families, their children. we've actually had some families that their children are actually flying for american. now, base

heartbreak for everybody's tim schwartz with the association of professional flight attendants. >> representsdreds of employees impacted. he says american airlines and cited finances and profitability as the cause of the closure. california. >> a sick time rule where you can use happy you're sick time without being punished for attendance issue. you also have california school act where you can take a day off and go volunteer in your child's school. and you also have california state disability. so those are some of the issues. you know, i think behind the scenes that really played into the decision, it's you know, it's a cost measure. the airlines next closest spaces in l a. >> but that said to be overstaffed in the airline will not be moving anyone to that location. shourd says the decision will uproot families and forced many flight attendants to move out of state. >> there's a lot of us that have been rooted here, you know, in the bay area for 30 plus years. we've seen people have grow their families, their children. we've actually had some families that their children are actually flying

tim schwartz with the association of professional flight attendants represents hundreds of these impactedflight attendants to move out of the state. >> there's a lot of us that have been rooted here, you know, in the bay area for 30 plus years. we've seen people have grow their families, their children. we've actually had some families that their children are actually flying for american. now, based here in san francisco. >> yet, despite the closure, american airlines doesn't anticipate a impacts to travelers. they say the airline expects travel at sfo to be about the same. although the certainly this point have no plans to grow their presence there in san francisco here or in the future, at least as the way it looks this morning. schwartz is also worried that this decision could signal that perhaps other airlines might be thinking about doing the same thing. >> we'll take a break here at 9.42. we'll be right back. >> i-44 is the time we're looking at the weather inching towards the weekend when we're going to see a big change. yeah, we may see the flag there blowing in the wind. got a ni

tim schwartz with the association of professional flight attendants represents hundreds of employeest are impacted by this. and he says the decision will uproot families and forced many flight attendants to move out of state. >> there's a lot of us that have been rooted here, you know, in the bay area for 30 plus years. we've seen people have grow their families, their children. we've actually had some families that their children are actually flying for american. now, based here in san francisco. >> well, despite the closure, american airlines says it doesn't anticipate and the impacts to travelers. the airline said that they expect travel at sfo to remain the same. but there are no plans to grow san francisco and no future flying prospects based on their current network strategy. however, schwartz is worried that this decision could signal that other airlines are perhaps thinking of doing the same thing. we'll take a break at 6.22. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. social security recipients may be getting a nice surprise in their next paycheck. >> we'll tell you about tha

tim schwartz with the association of professional flight attendants. >> represents hundreds of employees finances and profitability as the cause of the closure. california. >> a sick time will where you can use happier, sick time without being punished for attendance issue. you also have california school act where you can take a day off and go volunteer in your child's school. and you also have california state disability. so those are some of the issues. you know, i think behind the scenes that really played into the decision, it's you know what to cost measure the airlines next closest spaces in l a. >> but that said to be overstaffed in the airline will not be moving anyone to that location. short says the decision will uproot families and forced many flight attendants to move out of state. >> there's a lot of us that have been rooted here, you know, in the bay area for 30 plus years. we've seen people have grow their families, their children. we've actually had some families that their children are actually flying for american. now, based here in san francisco, despite the closure,