- Nov. 29, 2011 – AMR files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Dec. 5, 2011 – TWU earns seat on the Unsecured Creditors Committee
- Feb. 1, 2012 – AMR presents 1113 “ask” eliminating over 9,000 TWU positions by outsourcing jobs
- Feb. 13, 2012 – TWU hosts tele- phone town hall Q and A about AMR bankruptcy process
- Feb. 15, 2012 – TWU negotiators propose Early Out/Separation to AMR
- Feb. 27, 2012 – American Air- lines’ workers stage nationwide protests at airports across the country over job cuts and pension termination
- March 7, 2012 – TWU negotiators Win Freeze on AA Pension Plans
- March 8, 2012 – Letter from James C. Little to the National Mediation Board proposing binding arbitration for the parties. APA and APFA also proffer arbitration via NMB
- March 8, 2012 – AMR asks the bankruptcy judge for six month extension to file its restructuring plan, giving AMR to Sept. 28, 2012
- March 19, 2012 – AMR declines binding arbitration offers from TWU, APA, and APFA
- March 21, 2012 – AMR presents its 1113 “ask” for reorganization of American Eagle
- March 27, 2012 – AMR files 1113(c) motion to reject all CBA’s at AA
- April 2, 2012 – Follow up hearing in New York court to establish trial schedule
- April 10, 2012 – Union’s responsive pleadings to rejection of CBA’s
- April 23, 2012 – 1113(c) trial be- • gins in New York to reject unions CBA’s, TWU and APFA members protest outside U.S. Bankruptcy Court
- May 7, 2012 – AMR presents its case for rejection of all CBA’s at • American
- May 10 – TWU members begin voting on company’s “Last Best Of- • fer” covering seven work groups
- May 14 – APA begins presenting their case to keep labor contracts
- May 15 – Vote results are announced. Five of seven TWU work groups accept AA’s last offer. Maintenance and Related, Stores reject
- May 16 – APFA begins their case before the court
- May 18 – TWU attorneys begin presenting union’s before the court
- May 24 – TWU attorney’s conclude unions case against abrogating contracts for Maintenance and Related and Stores members
- May 25 – Judge Lane refers APA, • APFA and TWU to short mediated sessions in attempt to reach a deal
- June 11-12 – TWU negotiators for M & R and Stores begin expedited mediated sessions in New York
- June 12 – Mediated talks end with- out an agreement
- June 18 – Labor leaders representing APA, APFA and TWU, meet with Dallas based editorial boards in support of merger between U.S. Air and American Airlines as an alternative business plan
- June 21 – Judge Lane delays contract abrogation decision, extends date by one week to June 29
- June 27 – APFA and company agree to resume talks again, July 3-5
- June 28 – TWU announces that Maintenance and Related and Stores negotiators will resume talks with AA July 2 -3 at FSU
- July 3 – M&R and Stores negotiators agree to extend talks to July 9
- July 10 – M&R and Stores meet with AA again – T/A reached that afternoon for both groups
- July 13 – Voting dates on T/A’s for M&R and Stores are posted on- line. Voting begins July 23, 2012 and polls close at 11:59 PM CT, August 07, 2012
- July 20 – Maintenance and Re- lated and Fleet Service members at American Eagle reach T/A
- July 20 – APFA Executive Commit- tee votes to send AA’s Last Best and Final Offer to the member- ship for a vote.
- July 21 – APFA members begin voting, polls close Sunday August 19 at 10:00am CT
- July 25 – APA begins voting on T/A. Polls close Aug. 8
- July 30 – Special TWU/AA Presi- dents Council meeting. Senior U.S. Airways management team present their alternative business plan for AA/U.S. Airways merger
- August 8 – TWU M&R and Stores members ratify their T/A’s. APA members reject theirs
- August 15 – Judge Lane rules against AMR’s motion seeking ab- rogation of APA contracts, citing two counts he did not agree with
- August 17 – AMR refiles amended motions with the court to rectify the two counts cited by Judge Lane
- August 19 – APFA members ratify company’s LBFO by 60 percent
- August 24 – American Eagle TWU members in Fleet ratified their T/A, while Maintenance and Related rejected theirs
- September 4 – Judge Lane agrees with AMR’s request to reject APA contract
- September 10 – APA Board of Directors initiate strike balloting, and member survey. Ballots due back October 3rd
- September 12 – Court approves all contracts ratified by TWU and APFA. This is the new DOS for ratified agreements with AA
- September 25 – American invites APA back to the bargaining table
- Oct. 2 – APA Board agrees to re- sume talks with American Airlines
- Oct. 3 – APA withholds strike vote results as new round of negotia- tions begins next week
- Oct. 3 – TWU negotiators rep- resenting American Eagle AMT and Related and Ground School Instructors reach a T/A
- Oct. 7 – TWU negotiators representing American Eagle Dispatch- ers reach a T/A
- Oct. 15 – Voting begins at 12:01 am for Eagle T/A’s – Maintenance and Related and Dispatchers. Polls close October 26 at 2:00pm Central Time
- Oct. 19 – American Eagle Ground School Instructors ratify agree- ment
- Oct. 26 – American Eagle AMT and Related member’s ratify their agreement; Dispatchers reject
- Nov. 16 – APA Board backs Agree- ment In Principle, endorses send- ing out to membership as T/A
- Nov. 30 – AMR files another “exclusivity extension”, asking for more time until March 11, 2013 to submit reorganization plan
- Dec. 5 – TWU Dispatchers at American Eagle reach new T/A
- Dec. 7 – APA members ratify T/A by over 73 percent
- Dec. 8 – Ballots mailed to TWU Dispatchers at American Eagle. *Results announced Dec. 17
- Dec. 17 – TWU Dispatchers at American Eagle ratify their agree- ment
- Dec. 21 – Judge Sean H. Lane approves all American Eagle consensual agreements
- Jan. 11, 2013 – AMR requests 20 day extension to file restructuring plan, if approved – April 1, 2013
- Jan. 24 – AMR requests another extension to file reorganization plan as merger talks intensify. If court approves, new deadline would be April 15th
- Jan. 28 – TWU announces MOU with US Air and American, providing TWU members an immedi- ate 4.3 percent wage increase if merger occurs
- Feb. 14 – AMR and U.S. Airways announce merger agreement at press conference in Terminal D at DFW International Airport
- March 12 – AMR’s motion to enter into a 12-year capacity pur- chase agreement with Republic Airline Inc. is approved by the court
- March 13 – AMR requests an- other extension to file a reorganization plan with the court. If granted, new deadline would be May 29
- March 19 – AMR’s Tom Horton and US Airways CEO Doug Parker testify before the Senate Sub- committee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights regarding merger of carriers
- March 27 – Judge Lane approves in principal the merger of US Airways and American; also ap- proved AA’s extension request to file reorganization plan – deadline now May 29. CEO’s (Horton) severance package challenged – judge defers severance ruling pending exit from bankruptcy
- April 15 – AMR submits its Plan of Reorganization (POR) to the bankruptcy court
- May 10 – Judge Sean Lane signs off on AA/US Airways merger finalizing the agreement. Federal regulators and shareholders still must approve the deal
- May 13 – TWU and IAM announce an agreement to jointly represent ground workers in sev- eral work groups at the “New” American Airlines
- June 7 – Bankruptcy Judge Lane issues order setting June 20 as the deadline for American and AMR to mail out the plan(POR) and disclosure statement to stakeholders, with voting completed by July 29. The judge gave interested parties until July 30 to file objections. AMR and American will have until noon Aug. 8 to respond to any objections, followed by an Aug. 15 hearing
- June 13 – TWU Equity Distribution Committee begins roadshow presentations in Tulsa, OK. See meeting schedule on page 7
- June 14 – Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane approved American and AMR’s disclosure statement that described their plan, including a merger with US Airways. The stakeholders and Unsecured Creditors Committee will have to vote next
(to be continued)