His loss to the company plus increasing cash flow problems led to its Chapter 13 filing in 1996.

Rather, a Chapter 11 filing gives a company that still holds potential promise an opportunity to right itself.

If that happens, a Chapter 11 filing is a near certainty.

The board would have to approve a Chapter 11 filing by the airline.

Such public talk of a potential Chapter 11 filing can be troublesome for any carrier.

With the company's Chapter 11 filing in 1985, it also became a bankruptcy proceeding.

A board vote is needed to approve a Chapter 11 filing.

Otherwise, the case will proceed as an ordinary Chapter 11 filing.

A worker in a candy store was asked whether the Chapter 11 filing meant anything to her.

"There is at least another week to try and delay" a Chapter 11 filing, he said.