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Unions ask AMR board to seek US Airways merger

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Leaders of the three labor unions at American Airlines made a public appeal Thursday for company directors to start talking to US Airways immediately about a merger.

The union leaders said a merger would create a bigger airline that could compete better with industry leaders United and Delta. They say it would also remain based in American's hometown of Fort Worth, Texas.

The unions' support for a merger is no secret. They announced two weeks ago that they had agreed to tentative labor contracts that would take effect in case US Airways merges with American, which is currently in bankruptcy protection. The unions hope that a merger would reduce the need for thousands of job cuts and other reductions that American proposes to save money.

Thomas Horton, the chairman and CEO of American Airlines parent AMR Corp., has ruled out merger discussions until the company emerges from its bankruptcy reorganization.

American representatives had no immediate comment on the open letter to the AMR board from presidents of the Allied Pilots Association, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union.

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