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January 20, 2012

American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp., made only a partial payment in January to fund its employee pension plans, a federal agency said.

The Fort Worth company contributed $6.5 million to its employee pension plans instead of the $100 million payment that was due Sunday.

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January 20, 2012

American Airlines' parent made only a small fraction of the roughly $100 million payment it was scheduled to contribute to the company's employee pension plans, according to a federal agency.

AMR Corp. instead contributed just $6.5 million by the Jan. 15 deadline. The shortfall threatens to further undermine funding at pension funds ...

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January 19, 2012

Greetings to all our brothers and sisters at American Airlines,

The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) recognises the unfortunate circumstances you find yourselves in with your company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is absolutely gut wrenching when the workers of a company go to extraordinary lengths to keep their company alive whilst the management team award themselves bonuses.

Management does so on the premise of keeping the airline afloat whilst, in essence, disguising their ever increasing bank balances. What really tears at the soul is that they do it at the expense of those who truly love the company and have carried it through the hard times.

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.