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January 22, 2012

In a corporate bankruptcy, how much difference can a community make?

Tulsa, whose economy owes much to American Airlines, aims to find out. Early this month, more than 30 leaders launched a public campaign to keep American's maintenance base open and protect more than 6,500 jobs there.

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January 21, 2012

The Transport Workers Union filed its objections Friday to the hiring of Bain, calling the proposed fees unreasonable and based on extracting concessions out of American Eagle employees.

AMR Eagle, which filed for bankruptcy along with parent AMR and other AMR subsidiaries on Nov. 29, wants to hire Bain to "assist in labor-cost assessment and negotiation," at a cost of $525,000 a month.

In its filing, the TWU called Bain & Co. ""among other numerous and overlapping layers of professionals, some of whom are entirely unnecessary and all of whom the Debtors propose to retain at a significant and unreasonable expense to the Debtor's estate.

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January 20, 2012

The Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (the “TWU”), a creditor and party in interest in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of the above-captioned debtors and debtors-in-possession (the “Debtors”), submits this objection (the “Objection”) to the Application of American Eagle Airlines, Inc. for Entry of an Order Authorizing the Retention and Employment of Bain & Company, Inc. as Strategic Consultants Nunc Pro Tunc to December 14, 2011 (the “Application”). In support of this Objection, the TWU respectfully represents as follows:

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Court Updates

February 22, 2012

Today the TWU submitted its response to (i) the motion of the AMR Retirees Pension Protection Corp. (“ARPPC”) for entry of an order appointing an official committee of retired employees pursuant to section 1114(d) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and (ii) the motion (Docket No. 1132) of the Ad Hoc Committee of Passenger Service Agents for appointment of a retirees committee pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1114(d) (collectively, the “Motions”) not take a position on the Motions but to confirm that  should the Court direct the appointment of a retiree committee pursuant to section 1114(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, the TWU elects to serve as the representative of TWU-represented retirees and would seek to participate, through a designated representative, as a member of such committee.

Press Releases

February 15, 2012

FORT WORTH – The Transport Workers Union presented plans to American Airlines management today that provide a blueprint for voluntary early out/separation as a way to avoid draconian, involuntary layoffs, while saving money for the company.

On February 1, 2012, AMR management announced that it planned to reduce the company’s workforce by 9,000 from TWU-represented work groups.