American Airlines

Recently, American Airlines filed bankruptcy protection in order to allows it to continue operating. While bankruptcy for a company or a person is not looked well upon, it seems that there is a double standard when the operation of private companies is compared to methods used by the U.S. Government to stay afloat, such methods may also look askance at its extreme measures to remain solvent and to continue operating. Despite the negative connotations in bother instances, almost any issue contains pros and cons and balancing them will hopefully provide us with a good solution.

Analysis-Comparison and Contrast

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy that was announced in November of 2011. Its most recent incarnation has entailed the announcement of 14,000 staff cuts in order to cut costs and chart a way out of bankruptcy (Hicken, 2012). Unfortunately for American airlines, it almost seems that the biggest con they should...
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