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More than a thousand American Airlines workers in Florida will be laid off by the end of the year. The news doesn’t bode well for Governor Rick Scott’s plan to create 700-thousand jobs in seven years. Scott is stepping in and asking the state’s workforce boards to help the people losing their jobs.

“I’ve asked our workforce boards. I’ve asked down in Miami the Beacon Council. All the groups around the state to talk to these individuals to see how we can help them. Hopefully other airlines other air transport organizations will hire those same workers,” said Scott.

Florida’s unemployment rate has fallen more than two percent since Scott took office in January of last year. Recent reports claim the drop may be the result of people giving up their job search, not Scott creating new jobs.