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AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines Inc., was given authority from the bankruptcy court last week to resume making predelivery payments for new aircraft to be made by Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS. To replace aging MD80s and B757s, AMR has orders for 290 aircraft from Boeing, along with options for 175 more....
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12:40a UPDATE: The 5 TWU groups that accepted AA’s final offer still lose 2,900 jobs. Would have been worse. AA’s “final offer” offer saved 1,300. 12:30a A NEW DEAL? AA tells me it will still try reach “consensual agreements” with two TWU groups that rejected its “final offer.” Talks continue. 11:15a Lawrence Rosselot testifying...
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These are live Tweets form Jason Whitely, WFAA Journalist from within the Bankruptcy Court.. 12:20 PM CDT (sorted from Newest to Oldest) Jason Whitely ? @JasonWhitely Judge taking a 1:15 lunch break. AA attorney has few more questions for Roghair when court resumes at 1:15p Central. 23m Pilots lead negotiator, Neil Roghair, admitted pilots gave @USAirwaysthings it...
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by Todd Wissing Make no mistake: this is not about the survival of AMR corporation or American Airlines.  Entering bankruptcy with over $5 billion, the company is not in legitimate jeopardy; the bankruptcy filing is, all involved acknowledge, simply a strategy employed to break the unions, its employees and to completely throw out union...
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Watch CNBC’s interview with TWU International President James C. Little during Mondays Battery Park protest in New York City and Peter Kaufman, CEO of the Gordian Group. President Little and Kaufman give their view on why the TWU and other AMR labor unions, support a possible merger by U.S. Airways.  The TWU hired the...
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