Travelers wearing protective masks use kiosks to check-in at the American Airlines Group Inc. counter at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, July 1, 2020./Credit:	David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Travelers wearing protective masks use kiosks to check-in at the American Airlines Group Inc. counter at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, July 1, 2020./Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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American Airlines will lay off 19,000 workers if it doesn't get additional federal help

American Airlines says it will lay off or involuntarily furlough 19,000 employees as of October 1 unless the airline industry gets more help from Congress.