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Henry Watts, a skycap at Los Angeles International Airport for 20 years, accepts payment and a tip from Phil Kyko of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., after checking in the family's bags. The fortunes of skycaps at LAX and elsewhere are fading rapidly due to an unprecedented economic downturn in the airline industry that has cut their earnings and reduced the hours of some workers.

Skycap Henry Watts

( Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times )

Henry Watts, a skycap at Los Angeles International Airport for 20 years, accepts payment and a tip from Phil Kyko of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., after checking in the family's bags. The fortunes of skycaps at LAX and elsewhere are fading rapidly due to an unprecedented economic downturn in the airline industry that has cut their earnings and reduced the hours of some workers.

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