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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Tens of thousands of American Airlines employees are on edge, waiting to find out if they will lose their jobs. The airline said Wednesday that it needs to cut 13,000 positions in order to survive, and the plan includes outsourcing some maintenance work. For years, American Airlines and its unions bragged that they were the only ones to still do most of their own maintenance. Nick Soldevere has been working as an aircraft maintenance crew chief at DFW International Airport. “We do pride ourselves on our maintenance work,” he said. But that pride has since turned to fear for Soldevere and thousands of his American Airlines co-workers. “Right now, the level of concern is very high.” After years of doing a majority of its jet maintenance in-house, American Airlines has proposed cutting 4,600 mechanics system-wide, including a complete closure of its heavy maintenance facility at Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport. The airline wants to outsource a portion of that work.