[Beck_isright]

"Please forgive my short verbage and tone, but why do you find any part of this situation, funny?"

Because once again the "unions" that almighty pillar of American life (allegedly) put their "members" ahead of the entire corporation. The Board of Directors for AMR suck. But at the last minute everyone came to the conclusion and developed a plan to AVOID bankruptcy. But the one union and their membership decided to commit hari-kari. So be it. I find it amusing that the people who think like dinosaurs are about to find out why dinosaurs are extinct. If you don't like this form of capitalism, I would suggest moving to France, where the government "rescues" any failing enterprise. No matter how high they have to raise taxes to keep the failing enterprise in business.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

You know what...like there really is a choice? The union is completely opposite from the Marine Corps which we left. It was Semper Fi to Semper Me Me Me.

Don Carty said he wasn't sure if the TA would keep the company out of bankruptcy or not (so read: we are heading there anyway, but I want to suck what I can from you before taking you to the judge.)