Yesterday Judge Sean Lane indicated he was postponing his ruling for at least a week pending the APA’s decision on whether to submit the Company’s Last Best Offer to its membership. To date we have not received any requests from the Company to meet with either Maintenance and Related or Stores. When we did reach…
Category: Bankruptcy
Special Bankruptcy Update – Judge Delays Contract Decision
American Airlines…. Today Judge Sean Lane indicated he was postponing his decision on whether to reject the contracts of all three unions for at least a week pending the APA’s decision on whether to submit the Company’s LBO to its membership. In the interim there will be no changes in rates of pay, rules and…
Special Jetwire, June 21, 2012
Special Jetwire THURSDAY. JUNE 21 2012 A Message from Denise Lynn, Senior Vice President – People Dear American Team, We today received word that Judge Sean Lane will delay ruling on American’s Section 1113 motion for all union groups for one week, until Friday, June 29. Earlier today, in an effort to…
American Airlines unions look to a new plan and new leadership
(Dallas Morning News) Leaders of American Airlines Inc. unions offered a no-confidence vote Monday on management’s plan to turn the bankrupt carrier around. But it also sounded a lot like a no-confidence vote on American’s leadership. “Look at what they’ve done with other mergers, with Air Cal, with Reno, with TWA, Association of Professional Flight…
AMR Bankruptcy Update for June 17, 2012
As was stated in the Bankruptcy update posted earlier in the week, we engaged in negotiations with the company with respect to the Mechanic and Related and Stores agreements on June 11 and 12th in New York. These discussions were mediated by federal Judge Peck who requested that the substance of the negotiations be maintained…
AMR Bankruptcy Update for June 12, 2012
The second scheduled day of mediated negotiations with M&R and Stores took place today in New York. These talks are being held under the guidance of a federal judge who has ordered that session proceedings be confidential. The TWU had two days scheduled for mediation this week. Starting tomorrow the pilots go into mediation with…
Court Transcripts and Documents
AMR Opening Statement; Testimonies by Kasper and Glass – April 23, 2012 AMR Testimonies by Glass and Goulet – April 24 2012 AMR Testimonies by Resnick and Vahidi – April 25, 2012 AMR Testimonies by Dichter, Brundage and McMenamy – April 26, 2012 AMR Testimony by Taylor Vaughn – April 27, 2012 APA Opening Statement, Testimonies by Roghair and Yearly –…
AMR Bankruptcy Update for June 11, 2012
This morning,(June 11, 2012) TWU Negotiators and International Representatives representing Maintenance and Related and Stores members, met in New York City for mediated sessions with the company. Judge James Peck, another bankruptcy judge, was asked to oversee these voluntary negotiations by presiding bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane. Judge Peck ordered the mediated talks to be…
AMR Bankruptcy Update for June 8, 2012
On Monday, June 4, 2012 TWU negotiators for each of the four Eagle groups and their advisors resumed negotiations at Flagship University. There was good progress with the company this week, as the negotiators continued to work towards consensual deals that will preserve essential terms of the current contracts. The Fleet and AMT groups have…
Two Reports from Industry Analysts On “Why AA/USAir Makes Sense”
Jamie Baker – J.P. Morgan Mike Linenberg – Deutsche Bank Market Research