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Special Items (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Components of Special Items

For the three months ended March 31, special items consisted of the following (in millions):

 

      Three Months Ended
March 31,
 

Operating:

   2017      2016  

Severance and benefit costs

    $ 37        $  

Labor agreement costs

     —         100   

Cleveland airport lease restructuring

     —         74   

(Gains) losses on sale of assets and other special charges

     14          
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Special charges

     51         190   

Nonoperating:

     

Foreign currency loss

     —          
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Special items before income taxes

     51         198   

Income tax benefit related to special items

     (18)        (72)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total special items, net of tax

    $ 33        $ 126   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Schedule of Severance Related Accruals

The following is a reconciliation of severance and permanently grounded aircraft accrual activity for the period:

 

     Severance and
Benefits
     Permanently
Grounded
Aircraft
 

Balance at December 31, 2016

    $                     14        $                     41   

Accrual

     37         —   

Payments

     (23)        (1)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2017

    $ 28        $ 40