1.   American management wants to use regional jets with American Eagle commuter airline affiliates, where pilots are paid substantially less.

2.   But paying pilots at lower rates is critical to keeping costs low enough to offer fares on par with Southwest, Reid said.

3.   Delta has aggressively used the small jets, flown by subsidiaries that pay pilots less, to reach new markets.

4.   Flying under the American Connection brand, those regional carriers pay their pilots significantly less than what American Eagle pilots earn flying similar planes.

5.   It is demanding that American integrate Reno faster and pay pilots at both carriers as if the merger has been completed.

6.   Most pilots are paid only for the hours they fly.

7.   Some analysts have said that the Boeing order could shrink if American has to pay pilots a lot more in wages.

8.   The company has said that it cannot afford to pay the pilots more than its three competitors, which are much larger, pay their pilots,

9.   The regional-jet carriers pay pilots less.

10.   The union has demanded that the company speed up the integration with Reno Air and immediately begin paying pilots at both carriers as if the integration were already completed.