Shon 7
Not sure about agreements but I'm fairly sure there is federal protection to prevent a company from using Chap 11 to fire employees. Came about after the tactic was used at Continental in the '80's I believe. Very good book on airlines called 'Hard Landings' by Thomas Petzinger (sp?). Gives good info on the strife that a lot of US airlines went through in the '70's & '80's and the board versus the union battles. Frank Lorenzo doesn't come out of it very well though.