This is APA Communications Director Gregg Overman with the APA Information Hotline for Wednesday, August 15.

JUDGE SEAN LANE DENIES AMR MANAGEMENT’S MOTION: United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane issued a ruling today denying AMR management’s motion to reject the Allied Pilots Association-American Airlines Collective Bargaining Agreement. Judge Lane filed his 106-page ruling electronically at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time with no accompanying hearing, and your APA legal team is now studying it. Given the document’s size, we will largely reserve commentary until we have had the opportunity to conduct a thorough review.

APA President Keith Wilson will issue a follow-up message later this evening concerning Judge Lane’s ruling.

In the view of your APA leadership, AMR’s efforts to reject our contract constitute an admission of failure—failure to reach a mutually acceptable agreement with a vital employee group, and in a broader sense, failure to avoid bankruptcy and to present a credible vision for our airline’s future. To be clear, our airline’s future must include a consensual, industry-standard contract that properly recognizes the profession, our pilots’ sacrifices and our critical role in the operation of American Airlines.

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