American Airlines, One Year Bankruptcy Anniversary. What's Next ...

A year ago, American Airlines filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The historic data of airlines filing and emerging from bankruptcy in one year is not an easy task. The other legacy carriers such as Delta and United took well over a year to emerge from bankruptcy. Today Delta is among the most profitable of the legacy carries after a rocky merger with Northwest in 2008. United has since merged with Continental to create the world?s largest airline so where does that leave American? What can American Airlines do to compete and maintain their spot on the legacy stage as a profitable airline? Merger talks between American and U.S Airways were running strong six months ago but have fizzled out. Are mergers a quick fix to a long term problem among airlines? American didn?t think so. Although the pilots union, along with other American labor unions voted to support the idea of a U.S Airways merger, American parent company, AMR felt they can emerge from bankruptcy on their own.

A judge recently granted American a 6 week extension on their bankruptcy and the airline plans to come out of it mid-March. The reports say American is still weighing the option of a U.S Airways merger.

A merger between the two legacies could spell out disaster if the process concludes like the first U.S Airways merger played out in 2005 when Phoenix based America West took control of U.S Airways as they struggled through a bankruptcy. Both airlines eventually merged into one under the U.S Airways brand, however, the labor unions have yet to work together under one union. Both are split based on east and west. One side makes more than the other and the tensions between the two continue to this day.

Although a merger between American and U.S Airways has the potential to make the American brand stronger, how will it play out behind the scenes? Both airlines have a bad history with their unions that continue to intensify today. Recently the U.S Airways Flight Attendants vote to authorize a strike if a new contract couldn?t be agreed on, meanwhile you have the pilots union at American finally reaching some sort of tentative agreement with AMR management after a very tense standoff.

It seems that neither airline really has a plan on how to make it work or they are at least keeping it on a top secret level. Either way, the American Airlines brand will likely remain, the labor groups will continue to grumble over contracts and profits will always be within reach. Welcome to the continuation of the American airline industry.

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Starbucks for iPhone now supports iPhone 5

The Starbucks app for iPhone has finally been updated to support the iPhone 5's larger display. Starbucks has also added back the sound effect that was removed when stars were added to your cup. For those who don't like the sound, they can disable it in the Settings section.

All I really have to say about this update is: finally!

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The Fox Delusion Continues (OliverWillisLikeKryptoniteToStupid)

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Bien loch? - Elitistreview

I get hordes of people finding this site searching for the phrase ?bien loch??, presumably finding me because it?s tucked away in a few tasting notes. Well, after 11 people came to me yesterday searching for that, I thought I would service my readers requirements and make the definition clear in a post of its own.

Bien loch? means ?well titted-out? or, if you prefer, ?nice poonts?. It is one of the few phrases I know in French and, as a wine writer, it has proved hilariously useful.

When I went to tastings of 2009 Burgundy the phrase leapt to mind and right out of my mouth countless times. Similarly for 2005 Southern Rhones and countless other fleshy, generously proportioned wines I?ve tried over the years.

When you tell a French winemaker his wines are well-stacked he will look confused for a second, then a huge but slightly embarrassed grin will spread across his face. I only wish I had known ?bien loch?? when I visited the Fallers in Alsace; their wines are and so are they.

The other useful phrase of his type in French is ?il y a du monde au balcon? made with suitable hand gestures in front of your chest. It means pretty much the same thing about having an amply proportioned bosom. This can be great when standing in a cellar and making the gestures really expansive.

Most people, including me, would admit to liking bouncers without too much prompting, so I?ve never met a winemaker who hasn?t been charmed and flattered by this metaphor. I?m no good with languages but knowing such a brilliant, funny and useful piece of slang makes me think I?ve mastered all that is important in French. Hooray for knockers!

Source: http://elitistreview.com/2012/12/02/bien-loche/

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December General Meeting ?Best and Worst Deals of 2012 - GaREIA

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Date: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMThe Lease Option Creative Financing Education Network group meets the 1st Monday of every month at 7 pm at GaREIA Headquarters. [?]

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Video: Morsi loyalists rewrite constitution

>>> sight again today. huge crowds protesting in tahrir square, angry at president morsy and his muslim brotherhood , accusing them of hijacking their revolution in their country. and it was hard to miss the large number of women in that crowd today. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more from cairo.

>> reporter: tens of thousands came, down with morsy, they shouted. leave, leave. what a change for the new egyptian president . just last week, he won praise from mediating an end to the gaza crisis. but then, riding high , morsy shocked the country, declaring his decisions above the law . leaving parliament and the courts virtually powerless. now his loyalists have pushed through a new constitution in a single day. judges call it illegal. but they have been silenced. it triggered a wave of protests. the anger is also directed to the united states , people say president obama has gone too far to embrace the muslim brotherhood and has been too quick to praise president morsy, only making him bolder to take this controversial power grab. the demonstrators say the new constitution favors the islamic extremists , and allows citizens to become morality police , and doesn't protect women enough. this eighteen-year-old student says that the area is dominated by the religious sealists.

>> since morsy came to power, do you feel more threatened as a woman?

>> yes, i feel much more threatened.

>> reporter: egyptians fear that morsy is becoming more of a tyrant than hosni mubarak ever was. and tomorrow, morsy supporters are holding demonstrations of their own.

>> richard engel above tahrir square, where they love using laser pointers when folks are on television. richard, what a report

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PFT: Vick worsening, could be done for season

On the same day that former Saints assistant Mike Cerullo testified in the bounty appeal hearing convened by former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Judge Helen Berrigan issued a reminder that she has ultimate jurisdiction over the process.

And she hinted that she?s leaning against the league?s position.

Larry Holder of the New Orleans Times-Picayune has obtained an order entered by Judge Berrigan on Thursday.? Here?s the full text of it:? ?In light of the CBA Appeal Panel?s Decision of September 7, 2012, that ?pay for performance? discipline was within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Systems Arbitrator, anticipating that the forthcoming decision by Mr. Tagliabue may be subject to an expedited review as to its fundamental fairness, and assuming as undisputed the testimony by the New Orleans Saints players and coaches that only ?legal hits? were used to intimidate and/or injure opposing players, the parties shall brief the following: 1. Does Articles 43 and 46 of the CBA exclude discipline by the Commissioner for ?legal? contact? 2. Does the CBA give the players and coaches adequate notice as to what conduct could be sanctioned as ?conduct detrimental?? In other words, is that portion of the CBA ambiguous, hence unenforceable? Counsel should discuss the significance, if any, of the separate provision for sanctions upon players for ?unnecessary roughness or unsportsmanlike conduct on the playing field with respect to an opposing player? in Article 46, Section 1(b) from ?[a]ll disputes involving a fine or suspension imposed upon a player for conduct on the playing field? and ?conduct detrimental? in Section 1(a). Reference to relevant NFL rules defining ?legal? and ?illegal? contact is welcomed, as well as a discussion of examples of ?conduct detrimental? provided in the CBA and related documents.?

In English, Judge Berrigan wants the parties to submit written documents that address specific angles and issues that may be relevant to her decision about the imposition of punishment on players for a pay-for-performance system based on clean, legal hits that kept opponents from continuing in a given game.? The way the questions are written suggests that she has identified specific problems that the NFL may have under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

For example, Judge Berrigan wants the parties to address whether discipline for ?legal? on-field contact is prevented because she apparently thinks it may be.? Likewise, she wants to know whether the CBA gives players and coaches ?adequate notice? regarding the conduct that could be regarded as ?conduct detrimental? because she thinks it may not.

Judge Berrigan also seems to think that the punishment for clean, legal hits falls under the portion of the CBA that gives Ted Cottrell or Art Shell exclusive jurisdiction over the disciplinary process ? an argument that the NFL surely will argue the players have waived by not raising it under the CBA.

Regardless of the arguments raised by the parties, the order seems to be good news for the players, and bad news for the NFL.? The fact that it was issued at a time when key witnesses in the case against the players are testifying could rattle the league?s lawyers and create a sense that, no matter what happens before Tagliabue, the suspensions will ultimately be thrown out.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/30/michael-vick-could-miss-rest-of-season/related/

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