Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Components Of Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Current	$	(25	)	$	(5	)	$	(36	)
Deferred		25			(30	)		(248	)
Income tax benefit	$	0		$	(35	)	$	(284	)

Computation Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Statutory income tax provision expense/(benefit)	$	(691	)	$	(177	)	$	(613	)
State income tax expense/(benefit), net of federal tax effect		(37	)		(1	)		(41	)
Meal expense		8			7			7
Change in valuation allowance		705			121			597
Tax benefit resulting from OCI allocation		0			0			(248	)
Other, net		15			15			14
Income tax benefit	$	(0	)	$	(35	)	$	(284	)

Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

	December 31,
	2011			2010
Deferred tax assets:
Postretirement benefits other than pensions	$	1,074		$	1,056
Rent expense		325			333
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards		367			392
Operating loss carryforwards		2,389			2,271
Pensions		2,341			1,865
Frequent flyer obligation		681			630
Gains from lease transactions		28			55
Other		681			583
Total deferred tax assets		7,886			7,185
Valuation allowance		(4,148	)		(2,990	)
Net deferred tax assets		3,738			4,195
Deferred tax liabilities:
Accelerated depreciation and amortization		(3,543	)		(3,985	)
Other		(195	)		(185	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(3,738	)		(4,170	)
Net deferred tax asset	$	0		$	25

Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefit

	2011		2010
Unrecognized Tax Benefit at January 1	$	6	$	6
No Activity		0		0
Unrecognized Tax Benefit at December 31	$	6	$	6