Time to buy AMR Stock??

[Flyby1206]

They won't go BK? Period? UAL, DAL, CAL didn't go BK? Do you understand that BK is a management/wall street decision? LMFAO, dummy....

LOL yea I am sure Wall Street was thrilled when UAL/DAL/NWA/US went BK in the past and wiped out their equity value. Bond holders received pennies on the dollar for their investments too.

Wall Street is where the money comes from that props up the airlines when they should be left to fail.

It IS a management decision, and barring another 9/11-type scenario we wont see AMR go BK in the next 5 years. The BK rules have changed, and gone are the days of a quick trip through BK to slash and burn costs/labor contracts/vendor contracts/etc.

 

[CaptWidgeon]

It's "Texas," not "texas."

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[jonjuan]

LOL yea I am sure Wall Street was thrilled when UAL/DAL/NWA/US went BK in the past and wiped out their equity value. Bond holders received pennies on the dollar for their investments too.

Wall Street is where the money comes from that props up the airlines when they should be left to fail.

It IS a management decision, and barring another 9/11-type scenario we wont see AMR go BK in the next 5 years. The BK rules have changed, and gone are the days of a quick trip through BK to slash and burn costs/labor contracts/vendor contracts/etc.

I agree that BK laws have changed to make it tougher, however, in these unprecedented economic times, the government will have very little political leverage to keep a large employer from trying to restructure, especially if they can make the case that jobs will be saved. AMR needs to reduce costs and would love to get their hands on the pension obligations. They are about to lose the high yielding NY market as well as face pressure from much healthier competitors.

 

[satpak77]

it would sure suck if AA needed to replace XXXX number of warm bodies because of age 65 mandatory's and did not have the money to hire/train the new bodies.

 

[CitationLover]

They wont go BK. Period.

Everyone likes to talk about financials like they make any difference in the survival of an airline. They dont. Airline investing is irrational and goes against all common sense.

Now you sound like Tim Giethner. "We won't get downgraded!"

Accounting gimics don't last too long. If you think there is too much money in Texas for AMR to fail, please google "Enron". The key to AMR's future is how interest rate movements affect their debt payments and their cash flows. A good idea will be to see what happens tomorrow to the bond market. Hopefully a lot of this downgrade nonsense is baked into the markets already and they barely move......

 

[satpak77]

"Texas" has nothing to do with AA going to Ch.11 or not.

Nor did it matter for

Enron (had MAJOR POLITICIANS, Texas and National, in their pockets, and look what happened.)
Texas International Airlines.
CAL
Braniff.
Texas Rangers baseball team

 

[lindsaya99]

it would sure suck if AA needed to replace XXXX number of warm bodies because of age 65 mandatory's and did not have the money to hire/train the new bodies.

They would be replacing warm bodies at the top of the payscale with warm bodies at the bottom of the payscale. I think they will find the cash for that.