August 17, 2012
AMR Corp. on Friday renewed its request that a New York bankruptcy judge let it reject its collective bargaining agreement with its pilots union, saying it had remedied the two defects the judge cited in denying its original request Wednesday.
August 15, 2012
A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday denied American Airlines Inc. parent AMR Corp.'s bid to reject a collective bargaining agreement with pilots and saddle them with tougher concessions.
August 09, 2012
The president of the pilots union for bankrupt American Airlines Inc. announced Thursday that he was stepping down, just hours after pilots voted to reject a tentative labor contract that the union leader had supported.
August 08, 2012
Pilots for bankrupt American Airlines Inc. shot down a tentative labor contract on Wednesday, a move that comes before a court ruling that could allow AA's parent AMR Corp. to reject the current collective bargaining pact and saddle the pilots with tougher concessions.
August 07, 2012
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking up to $162.5 million in civil penalties from bankrupt AMR Corp. in connection with pending safety probes of its American Airlines Inc. and American Eagle Airlines Inc. units, the agency said Tuesday.
August 07, 2012
Bankrupt AMR Corp. on Monday told a New York bankruptcy judge that it had settled a dispute with bond trustees Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and BOK Financial Corp. regarding the distribution of about $28 million in debt payments to bondholders of a trust run by Tulsa Municipal Airport.
July 20, 2012
A flight attendants' union said Friday it will allow its members to vote on a new contract with bankrupt AMR Corp. unit American Airlines Inc., which has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to toss out its existing agreements with the flight attendants and other unions.
July 19, 2012
A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday shot down as untimely a bid by a company representing former Trans World Airline pilots, now subsumed into bankrupt AMR Corp. unit American Airlines Inc., objecting to AMR's plans to jettison union agreements.
July 06, 2012
American Airlines Inc.'s bankrupt parent AMR Corp. on Friday sought to modify its retiree health and welfare benefits plans, whose current retiree liabilities were reported in 2010 at more than $1.3 billion, claiming it has no legal obligation to continue providing the benefits.
June 28, 2012
A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday agreed to allow AMR Corp.'s American Airlines Inc. to enter new labor agreements with five groups represented by the Transport Workers Union after extending a deadline for ruling on contracts with other employees.