Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Operating Aircraft Leases [Table Text Block]

As of March 31, 2014, the Company's aircraft orders consisted of the following:

	Airbus				Third-Party Lessor
	A320	A320NEO	A321	A321NEO	A320NEO	Total
remainder of 2014	9					9
2015	8		6		1	15
2016	3		9		4	16
2017	8		10			18
2018	2	6	5			13
2019		3		10		13
2020		13				13
2021		18				18
	30	40	30	10	5	115

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable capital and operating leases

Future minimum lease payments under capital leases and noncancellable operating leases with initial or remaining terms in excess of one year at March 31, 2014 were as follows:

			Operating Leases
	Capital Leases		Aircraft and Spare Engine Leases		Property Facility Leases		Operating Lease Obligations
	(in thousands)
remainder of 2014	$	1,400	$	144,327	$	15,345	$	159,672
2015	1,200		192,998		17,547		210,545
2016	1,000		191,173		11,608		202,781
2017	—		171,977		8,840		180,817
2018	—		148,044		6,489		154,533
2019 and thereafter	—		560,931		24,410		585,341
Total minimum lease payments	$	3,600	$	1,409,450	$	84,239	$	1,493,689
Less amount representing interest	$	366
Present value of minimum lease payments	$	3,234
Less current portion	$	1,448
Long term portion	$	1,786

Employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements

The table below sets forth our employee groups and status of the collective bargaining agreements as of March 31, 2014.

Employee Groups	Representative	Amendable Date	Percentage of Workforce
Pilots	Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA)	August 2015	24%
Flight Attendants	Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)	August 2007	35%
Dispatchers	Transport Workers Union (TWU)	August 2018	1%