AMR Says Judge’s Contracts Decision Delayed by Pilot Vote

American Airlines unions won’t face an immediate court ruling on whether their contracts can be discarded after pilot leaders decided to let members vote on a proposal that pared concessions sought by the bankrupt carrier.

Allied Pilots Association leaders agreed yesterday to hold the balloting. That prompted U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in New York to delay a decision set for tomorrow on whether to permit wage and work-rule changes that would help carve $1.25 billion from annual labor spending, AMR Corp.’s American said.