American Airlines

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American Airlines flight attendants protest at San Francisco International Airport on Monday. The airline wants to eliminate 13,000 union jobs, freeze or terminate pension plans, curb health benefits, reduce time off, and impose many other cuts. American lost more than $10 billion in the decade leading up to its declaration of bankruptcy in November. (Associated Press)

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Thomas W. Horton, who was elevated from president to CEO of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. on a late-night phone call in November, says the company can't afford to move slowly in bankruptcy protection. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Lou Pizzarello (front) is followed by Randy Petersen during an aircraft emergency landing exercise at the American Airlines training facility in Fort Worth, Texas. For aviation buffs, every aspect of commercial flying must be experienced.

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American Airlines baggage handlers help passengers check luggage Wednesday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. American's corporate leadership is having closed-door meetings with union representatives about the future of employees' jobs and pensions. (Associated Press)

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American Airlines baggage handlers help passengers check luggage at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport in Grapevine, Texas, on Feb. 1, 2012. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this June 6, 2011, file photo, an American Airlines aircraft nears Terminal D gate at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, in Grapevine, Texas. American Airlines and American Eagle's parent companies are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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Higher fares weren't enough to prevent another loss at American Airlines parent AMR Corp., which lost $162 million in the third quarter this year. Major airlines this week joined in the first widespread airfare increase since early August. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This June 29, 2011, file photo, shows an American Airlines aircraft at Terminal D at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, in Grapevine, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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Posing for photos after a news conference from right are Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Gerard J. Arpey, president and CEO of AMR Corporation; Thomas Enders, CEO of Airbus and Tom Horton, president of American Airlines at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport in Grapevine, Texas Wednesday, July 20, 2011. American Airlines is buying at least 460 new planes over the next five years in the biggest single passenger jet order in history. American will buy 260 planes from Airbus and 200 from Boeing. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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An American Airlines plane is parked at the terminal at O'Hare International airport in Chicago on July 20, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from Oct. 5, 2010, an American Airlines jet (right) taxis past United Airlines and United Express jets at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago as the Willis Tower looms in the background. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Mark Wilson pushes air cargo cleared for shipment to Santiago, Chile, at the American Airlines cargo processing warehouse at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, in July 2010. The U.N. agency that oversees aviation is pushing new guidelines for cargo security to counter al Qaeda's new mail-bomb strategy but is stopping short of calling for 100 percent screening of packages, as pilots and some U.S. lawmakers have urged. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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** FILE ** In this May 21, 2008 file photo, a passenger pulls he carry-on suitcase through the American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Carrying your bag onto the plane yourself means you'll skip more than just the airport's baggage claim these days. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)