In a message dated 3/11/03 12:32:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > In court documents filed on Monday, the No. 2 U.S. airline said it is > seeking an additional 180 days from April 8 to file its plan. That would > give the carrier until Oct. 6 to file, after which competing plans from > creditors could be filed. Plan, what plan? Hopefully the creditors will persuade the BK judge to put UAL on a shorter leash that what Tilton has in mind. Here's how to do it: > > US Airways Group (UAWGQ), which filed for bankruptcy in August and > submitted its reorganization plan to the court in December, has sought and > won several extensions on its restructuring plan deadline. Its plan has yet > to be approved by creditors. > These guys have already terminated leases, reduced payments and salaries, and loosened the pension noose around their neck. They mean business. RT Simpson Phoenix