Pressure grows for JAL restructuring; AA to fight DL tie-up

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From ATW Daily News:

Japan Airlines is expected to report a heavy loss Friday for its fiscal first half ended Sept. 30, increasing pressure on the carrier and the Japanese government to develop a restructuring plan to help assure investors and customers that the troubled company won't collapse.

 

[coolumbla]

and here's me with family JAL flights next month!
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Coolumbla

 

[drron]

In Tokyo last week this was in the paper virtually every day.It appears that the government will basically take over JAL for ~ 3 years-the reason is so they can pass a law reducing the pension benefits.At the moment JAL have to have retired staff agree to pension cuts which naturally they wont.
I really dont know where this puts the DL/AA conflict though it was reported that DL have engaged a Japanese lobby group.