1.   AMR placed the order in November, but made it contingent on the pilots ratifying a contract.

2.   At the time, AMR Chairman Robert Crandall said the plane purchase required that union members ratify the contract.

3.   A local UAW representative in Springfield said union members will vote on ratifying the contract Sunday.

4.   A majority vote of the union members is needed to ratify the contract.

5.   A new local contract was ratified Friday.

6.   AFA union members must still ratify the contract.

7.   Continental said it would make no further public comment until the contract was ratified by union members.

8.   Crandall said he expects the contract to be ratified by December.

9.   Employees of the regional airlines will go back to work as soon as they ratify each contract.

10.   Hill expressed confidence that members would ratify the contract.