American Airlines and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors today said they plan to jointly ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to extend the exclusivity period for American’s parent AMR Corp. to file its reorganization plan to Dec. 27. This will be the second extension requested by the Fort Worth-based airline since it filed for Chapter […]
Posted on June 30th, 2012 by admin
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American Airlines spokesman Bruce Hicks offered this comment on U.S. District Judge Terry Means’ ruling Friday that the National Mediation Board was wrong to require support from only 35 percent of passenger service agents to call a union election. “We are pleased the U.S. District Court has ruled that ‘American’s position prevails’ and our employees’ […]
Posted on June 23rd, 2012 by admin
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The fight over rejecting American Airlines’ labor contracts begins April 23 in a New York City bankruptcy court, and will not finish until the second half of May. The parties in the case agreed Monday to begin the hearings on April 23, nearly four weeks after American filed its motions March 27 to throw out […]
Posted on April 3rd, 2012 by admin
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We have some major issues up for discussion when U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane holds a hearing in the AMR/American Airlines bankruptcy case at noon EDT Thursday in New York City: 1. The judge will hear several matters tied to the Allied Pilots Association lawsuit which seeks to have the National Mediation Board control the […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2012 by admin
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The parent company of American Airlines Inc. has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by its pilots’ union regarding a contract. The Allied Pilots Association on Feb. 28 asked a bankruptcy judge to rule that American can’t reject the pilots’ contract because there is no contract to reject. AMR Corp., which […]
Posted on March 15th, 2012 by admin
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane on Tuesday afternoon takes up two matters deferred from early meetings and which are of interest to a lot of current and former American Airlines employees. One is the request from the American Independent Cockpit Alliance, a group of ex-TWA pilots, for an official committee to represent their interests. They […]
Posted on March 6th, 2012 by admin
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Travelport filed papers Monday saying that no party, including American Airlines, objected to its request to be allowed to pursue legal action against American in their fight over ticket distribution. The deadline for objections was 4 p.m. EST Friday. Travelport said nobody objected, in advance of the Jan. 27 omnibus hearing on a number of […]
Posted on January 23rd, 2012 by admin
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We had a story in Saturday’s newspaper about all the professionals that American Airlines and AMR want to hire to help them with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But AMR, American and the various subsidiaries also needed court approval to keep on using all the professionals that they retain in the ordinary course of business, independent […]
Posted on January 18th, 2012 by admin
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Sabre said Friday that a Texas state court in Fort Worth has delayed American Airlines’ lawsuit against Sabre, as well as Sabre’s counterclaims against American. Sabre said American had requested the delay because the Nov. 29 bankruptcy filing by American and parent AMR. “We are disappointed with the extension, as it yet again delays the […]
Posted on January 14th, 2012 by admin
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The federal agency that safeguards pension is seeking to compel AMR Corp. to provide testimony and documents connected to the four major American Airlines Inc. employee pension plans. Attorneys for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. filed a motion in a New York federal bankruptcy court Thursday asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane to order AMR, […]
Posted on January 13th, 2012 by admin
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