Throughout 2020 we've seen many disheartening headlines about pilot layoffs and tearful final announcements from flight attendants who were furloughed or laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now we're seeing mechanics jobs are in jeopardy as well. Southwest Boeing 737 MAX sits on the tarmac. (Photo Courtesy Southwest Airlines) Southwest Airlines gave WARN notices to more than 400 of its mechanics and technicians, about 15 percent of the work group, about potential furloughs as cost-cutting talks falter. Southwest has never had to furlough its employees in its nearly 50 years of flying, and the Dallas-based airline has asked its employees to take 10 percent pay cuts to avoid furloughs. But as cost-cutting negotiations with airline labor unions continue, and COVID infection rates increase across the United States, these talks are raising tension. Southwest said it has sent 403 mechanics and technicians federally mandated notices warning them that their jobs are at risk. Southwe...