An advocacy group, Business Travel Coalition, predicts that the troubles airlines are facing with high fuel costs are likely to lead to airline service cuts at Westchester County Airport as well as 149 other airports across the country.The specific projections seem based on conjecture or to show that the problems are hitting all over the country. The coalition’s aim in publicizing the report is to get people to call their U.S. senators and Congress members to express their concerns about the situation and to “suggest policy solutions.”“As the price of fuel skyrockets, the U.S. airline industry stands on a ledge, staring into an abyss,” says the report, “Oil Prices and the Looming U.S. Aviation Industry Catastrophe: A Hole in the Transport Grid.” “Before time runs out on the nation’s air carriers, policymakers must adopt new energy policy priorities with great purpose and haste.”The report links to a site called“Save My Airport!” that helps people contact their representatives.Their report comes on the same day American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, announced service cuts (they call them “capacity reductions”) for the fourth quarter of 2008. They don’t affect Westchester’s airport, but New York City service will be hit hard.Here’s the AP blurb on it…FORT WORTH, Texas, (AP) — American Airlines’ plans to cut back flights later this year will fall hardest on passengers in Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas/Fort Worth and New York.The carrier plans to cut a total of 62 mainline and regional flights in Chicago, and 42 in Dallas.Flights in and out of St. Louis, once a major hub for American, will drop by 43, while New York’s LaGuardia airport will lose 42 American flights. The cutbacks in St. Louis and New York primarily affect shorter regional flights.In addition, American will quit flying altogether to Oakland, Calif.; London Stansted; Barranquilla, Colombia; Albany, N.Y.; Providence, R.I.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Samana, Dominican Republic; and San Luis Obispo, Calif.Added note: I’ve left a message for a spokesman at the Air Transport Association to get their view on the report. I’ve also tried to reach someone at American Airlines, but their public relations Web page lists no person that a reporter can call. You have to send an e-mail and hope they respond to it. So here’s hoping…