Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases as of September 30, 2012 and the periods in which payments are due were as follows:

	Operating Lease Obligations
	(in millions)
Remainder of 2012	$	42
2013	167
2014	165
2015	163
2016	159
2017 and thereafter	478
Total minimum lease payments	$	1,174

Employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements

The table below sets forth our employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements.

Employee Groups	Representative	Amendable Date
Pilots	Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA)	August 2015
Flight Attendants	Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)	August 2007
Dispatchers	Transport Workers Union (TWU)	July 2012