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§ 1113(b)(1)

In re Delta Air Lines Inc.

Ruling
Airline's regional subsidiary could reject colective bargaining agreement with pilot's union.
Procedural posture

Debtor, a regional airline who was a wholly-owned subsidiary of a national airline in bankruptcy, filed a motion pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1113 to reject its collective bargaining agreement with a union that represented its pilots.

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opinion summary, case decided on December 21, 2006 , LexisNexis #0207-031

In re Mesaba Aviation Inc.

Ruling
Debtor was denied motion to reject collective bargaining agreements despite compliance with most of section 1113 requirements since debtor had not provided union with software model for making its projections.
Procedural posture

A bankruptcy debtor, a regional airline whose only customer was a network carrier which was also in bankruptcy, proposed to modify collective bargaining agreements with unions representing the debtor's employees to reduce the debtor's labor costs in reorganization. After the unions rejected the debtor's proposal, the debtor moved for authority to reject the collective bargaining agreements pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1113.

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opinion summary, case decided on May 18, 2006 , LexisNexis #0706-066