It’s occurred to me that American Airlines may want an accelerated pilot contract hearing in bankruptcy court for multiple reasons.  First, it enables them to woo the Unsecured Creditor’s Committee towards their stand-alone plan.

Second, they have 777-300ER aircraft arriving shortly and that pilot contract allows them to train pilots and presumably stay on schedule for entry into service for that aircraft.  I rather believe that this is  the prime driver.

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