Nationwide airline layoffs affect hundreds of workers in Arizona

WASHINGTON – To American Airlines flight attendant Robyn Walters, her co-workers are like family. That made it all the more difficult last weekend when she had to say goodbye to colleagues who were working their last flights before being furloughed. “It’s been absolutely heartbreaking,” Walters said. “They’re being separated from a career they’ve grown to love.” Union officials said nearly 200 of Walters’ fellow Phoenix-based flight attendants were among 19,000 American Airlines…