American is committed to reaching a new labor agreement that utilizes a collaborative problem-solving approach to labor negotiations in an effort to maintain a working relationship that emphasizes constructive debate and cooperation. To this end, the company is committed to open communication and a sincere effort to comprehend different points of view, particularly on disagreements that must be addressed and resolved. American will strive to achieve creative solutions to issues which are satisfactory to the interests of both parties. To realize these goals, the company proposed and will continue to propose utilizing the collective bargaining process to:

• Create a negotiating protocol agreement outlining a collaborative problem-solving approach addressing the interests of the company and the dispatchers.
  
  
• Explore ways to achieve a competitive unit cost per release that promotes sustainable growth for the company and employment security for the dispatchers via increased productivity and effective cost controls.
  
  
• Explore scheduling flexibility that recognizes our dispatchers need for work-life balance and stability and allows the company to efficiently and predictably utilize its workforce through seasonal, workload and economic cycles.
  
  
• Address growing health, wellness and retirement costs by exploring market-based benefit plan designs and employee cost sharing.
  
  
• Examine ways to simplify dispute resolution processes and contractual language.
  
  
  
• Establish a results- or outcome-based compensation system that shares financial rewards consistent with the performance of the company and the productivity of the dispatchers.