April 27, 2003 A Taut, Last-Minute Stretch to Save an Airline By EDWARD WONG and MICHELINE MAYNARD [A] dozen or so men walked out of the Hyatt Regency by the Dallas airport last Wednesday night holding in their hands the fate of the world's largest airline. They were tired and anxious and hoarse, having spent 12 straight hours bargaining at a conference table in the hotel's basement. Over their heads, the silver jets of American Airlines veered toward the runways, doing the work of the very company they were trying to save. One man, Donald J. Carty, walked from the...