Court Allows AMR To Void Pilot Contract
American Airlines can now unilaterally impose contract concessions on its pilots.
American Airlines can now unilaterally impose contract concessions on its pilots.

AMR, American Airlines' parent company, succeeded in its second effort to void its contract with the Allied Pilots Association Tuesday afternoon, when, in a ruling in U.S. bankruptcy court in New York, Judge Sean Lane rejected the union’s contention that American Airlines’ financial condition had improved enough since its Chapter 11 filing last November to avoid the measure.