The CEO of US Airways said he's trying to convince creditors of American Airlines of the virtues of a merger even though American executives don't want one right now.

Last week US Airways got unions at American to say they would support a merger.

US Airways CEO Doug Parker said he would rather be working directly with the management team and board at American parent AMR Corp. AMR officials have rejected the idea of merging before the company comes out of bankruptcy protection.

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