APA, American Airlines talks continue past scheduled end
comments ()The Allied Pilots Association put out an update Wednesday evening on the mediated talks between the union and American Airlines: “Negotiations between APA and management were continuing as...
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Maine lawyer appointed to ride herd on American Airlines bankruptcy fees
comments ()Robert J. Keach (Credit: Bernstein Shur) U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane appointed Robert J. Keach, a Falmouth, Maine, lawyer, as fee examiner in the AMR/American Airlines bankruptcy case …...
View ArticleAPA board members: American Airlines offer was too vague for a quick decision
comments ()It’s clear from communications to Allied Pilots Association members why the union’s board of directors voted down American Airlines’ offer last week: Board members felt there wasn’t enough...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines, UCC lay out reasons for seeking more time to propose plan
comments ()American Airlines and the unsecured creditors committee filed their request Tuesday to extend the period in which only American can file a plan of reorganization without facing competing...
View ArticleTransport Workers Union president calls for stop to “unacceptable and...
comments ()James C. Little, international president of the Transport Workers Union, last night issued a letter to its members at American Airlines Inc., calling for certain “unacceptable and reckless...
View ArticleU.S. bankruptcy judge today considers approval of the proposed American-US...
Update: U.S. Bankruptcy judge questions American Airlines’ request for approval of $20 million in CEO compensation Original entry: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane today is weighing approval of the...
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U.S. Bankruptcy judge questions American Airlines’ request for approval of...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane today questioned American Airlines’ request for approval of a $20 million severance package for its chief executive as part of its proposed merger with US Airways,...
View ArticleJudge disallows $20 million severance for American Airlines’ Horton
After thinking it over, U.S. Bankruptcy Sean Lane on Thursday said he can’t approve that $20 million severance payment for Tom Horton, chairman and CEO of American Airlines and parent AMR. In a...
View ArticleWhat comes next on the Horton package?
We’ve seen a few comments, gotten a few emails basically saying, “Woohoo! Tom Horton won’t be getting his $20 million.” Well, of course he will. Even as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane on Thursday...
View ArticleAttention, retirees: AMR, American Airlines file revised plan of...
Late Friday and early Saturday, AMR and American Airlines filed a revised plan of reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, as well as a revised disclosure statement about what is in the plan....
View ArticleJudge approves disclosure statement, AMR creditors to begin voting on plan of...
We’re not in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, but others were. Therefore, we know that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane on Tuesday morning approved the disclosure statement for AMR’s proposed plan of...
View ArticleJudge sets date for creditors to vote on American Airlines bankruptcy plan
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane has set the dates for creditors and other stakeholders to vote on whether they can accept the proposed plan of reorganization for American Airlines, parent AMR and...
View ArticleU.S. Trustee still doesn’t like Horton’s $20 million, again asks judge to...
U.S. Trustee Tracy Hope Davis again has asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane to reject a payment of nearly $20 million to outgoing American Airlines CEO Tom Horton. In a filing Friday, the trustee...
View ArticleAPA: American Airlines’ reorganization plan enters automatic 30-day stay
The Justice Department’s suit to block the American Airlines-US Airways merger has triggered an automatic 30-day stay of American’s bankruptcy reorganization plan, the pilots’ union at American told...
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Unions at American Airlines, US Airways want Nov. 12 trial on antitrust...
UPDATE, 1:45 p.m. Friday: The Allied Pilots Association, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, the Transport Workers Union and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, filed an amicus...
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Justice to bankruptcy judge: Here’s how the antitrust review came about
The U.S. Department of Justice told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane on Friday that the U.S. takes no position on whether Lane should delay a decision on confirming American Airlines’ plan of...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines: Go ahead and confirm our plan, Judge
As expected, American Airlines and parent AMR filed arguments telling U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane why he should go ahead and confirm their plan of reorganization. 1. If the U.S. Justice Department...
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American Airlines bankruptcy case exceeds 10,000 documents
We need to take note of milestones when we pass them on the airline beat, and we passed one on Friday. Officials filed their 10,000th document in the AMR/American Airlines bankruptcy case at 4:29...
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge confirms American’s reorganization plan on...
American Airlines (in the foreront) unveiled a new look for its planes (in the back) in February. A US Airways jet is in the middle.visit site to read more]
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge files his confirmation of American Airlines’...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane (Courtesy of Judge Lane's office.)visit site to read more]
View ArticleSurprise, surprise – Judge Lane approves the American Airlines plan of...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane said Sept. 12 he would do so, and sure enough he got around to doing it on Monday. Judge Lane formally confirmed the plan of reorganization proposed by American...
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Plaintiffs in private lawsuit want to support DOJ lawsuit against American...
Joseph Alioto. left, and David Cook, plaintiffs' attorneys in an antitrust lawsuit, outside the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York City in August. (Terry Maxon/DMN)visit site to read more]
View ArticleAmerican Airlines fights plaintiffs’ efforts to block merger and schedule a...
In a filing late Thursday, American Airlines urged U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane not to let the plaintiffs in a private antitrust lawsuit delay American’s exit from bankruptcy and merger with US...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines: We don’t have to wait 60 days to close the US Airways merger
The latest issue in the private antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines and US Airways is whether federal law requires a 60-day waiting period before the carriers can finalize their merger. In a...
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Nothing much happened at Wednesday’s antitrust hearing, we hear
We weren’t there. But we hear that not much happened when U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane conferred Wednesday afternoon with attorneys on the status of a private antitrust lawsuit to block the...
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Alioto: We plan to ask for a temporary restraining order in the American...
San Francisco attorney Joseph Alioto, lead counsel in a private lawsuit challenging the American Airlines-US Airways merger, tells us via email Wednesday afternoon that he will file a request for a...
View ArticlePlaintiffs seek temporary restraining order to stop US Airways-American...
As promised, attorneys in a class-action lawsuit Thursday asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways. Attorney Joseph Alioto wants the judge to issue...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines repeats: It hasn’t decided what it might do on retiree...
On Friday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane shut the door on American Airlines’ plans to stop paying premiums for health and life insurance for current retirees. On Monday, the airline put this on its...
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Judge issues formal order on health benefits for American Airlines retirees
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane has issued his formal order that rejected most of American Airlines’ request to be allowed to quit paying for health and life insurance benefits to its retirees. In the...
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