AMR flight attendants send deal to airline DALLAS (Reuters) =97 American Airlines, the world's largest carrier which is= =20 struggling to avoid bankruptcy, has received a concession deal that will=20 meet the airline's goal of achieving $340 million in cuts from its flight=20 attendants, the union representing that group said Friday. "We've presented= =20 a proposal to the company that will reach the number it asked for," said=20 John Ward, the president of the Association of Professional Flight=20 Attendants. Details of the plan were not announced. Ward added the union,=20 which represents 26,000 flight attendants at American, a division of AMR=20 Corp., has yet to receive a response from the airline. An American=20 spokesman said the airline was looking over the deal's numbers along with=20 the APFA and American remains actively engaged in direct negotiations with= =20 the union in an effort to reach a consensual deal. "We appreciate the=20 spirit of cooperation this action symbolizes," American spokesman Todd=20 Burke said. "We are now in the process of jointly costing out the proposal= =20 to determine whether it meets the cost targets established." American has=20 about 101,000 employees. KEEPING BANKRUPTCY AT BAY The deal would be the second pact announced in as many days between=20 American and union groups. It comes as banking sources said the world's=20 largest carrier may file for bankruptcy as early as next week. AMR has said= =20 it needs to cut structural costs by about $4 billion a year to avoid=20 bankruptcy. It is in talks with all three of its major unions over a call=20 it made for $1.8 billion in annual wage concessions from its employees.=20 American said Thursday it reached a tentative agreement with its fleet=20 service workers as it moves quickly to secure wage-concession deals over=20 the next few days aimed at keeping it out of bankruptcy. American said it=20 reached the agreement with its 16,300 fleet service workers represented by= =20 the Transport Workers Union, but no terms of the deal were announced. The=20 TWU represents about 34,500 mechanics and ground workers at American. The=20 fleet service workers are one of eight work groups represented by the TWU,= =20 which is one of the three major unions in talks with American on=20 concessions. The three major unions are the TWU, APFA and the Allied Pilots= =20 Association. The union that represents pilots at American said they plan to have a=20 concession deal concluded by Monday. The remaining groups who have not=20 announced a deal, or expected deal, are the other work groups represented=20 by the TWU. American said last week in response to the war in Iraq it would= =20 cut international flights by 6% in April, adding to a cut of 7% on U.S.=20 domestic routes announced previously. AMR shares were off 25 cents, or 14%,= =20 to $1.54 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.thehummingbirdonline.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************