American lowers savings sought from pilots, some TWU groups

American Airlines has reduced to $315 million from $370 million the amount of concessions sought from its pilots union to help reach an agreement, a spokesman for the bankrupt carrier said today.

American has offered the same revised target of a 17 percent reduction in total costs from the original 20 percent to five work groups represented by the Transport Workers Union, Bruce Hicks, an American spokesman, said in an interview. Those five already have reached agreements with the carrier.