AMR Eagle Spinoff Slips to 2012 as Pilots Weigh Contract

AMR Corp.’s planned spinoff of the American Eagle regional unit will be delayed until 2012 from this year as pilots consider a proposed contract, slowing American Airlines’ bid to cut operating costs.

Voting on the labor accord won’t be held until January, said Dave Ryter, vice chairman of Eagle’s Air Line Pilots Association chapter. An American spokesman, Sean Collins, said the “final stages of the divestiture” would come only after the balloting.