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|                                                                                   |   | 2008   |   |   | 2007   |   |      | 2006   |   |   | 2005      |   |   | 2004   |   |
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|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings:                                                                              |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |
| Income      (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting      change |   | $      | (2,531 | )      |   | $      |  356 |   |   | $      |  164 |   |   | $      | (892   | ) |   | $ | (821 | ) |
|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Add:  Total      fixed charges (per below)                                   |   |   | 1,458  |   |   |   | 1,668     |   |   |   | 1,705     |   |   |   | 1,566  |   |   |   | 1,479 |   |
|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Less:  Interest      capitalized                                             |   |   | 33     |   |   |   | 20        |   |   |   | 29        |   |   |   | 64     |   |   |   | 77 |   |
| Total      earnings (loss)                                                             |   | $      | (1,106 | )      |   | $      | 2,004     |   |   | $      | 1,840     |   |   | $      | 610    |   |   | $ | 581 |   |
|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fixed      charges:                                                                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                                                                               |   | $      | 625    |   |   | $      | 793       |   |   | $      | 842       |   |   | $      | 724    |   |   | $ | 652 |   |
|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Portion      of rental expense representative of the interest factor                   |   |   | 815    |   |   |   | 862       |   |   |   | 848       |   |   |   | 831    |   |   |   | 815 |   |
|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Amortization      of debt expense                                                      |   |   | 18     |   |   |   | 13        |   |   |   | 15        |   |   |   | 11     |   |   |   | 12 |   |
| Total      fixed charges                                                               |   | $      | 1,458  |   |   | $      | 1,668     |   |   | $      | 1,705     |   |   | $      | 1,566  |   |   | $ | 1,479 |   |
|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   | 1.20      |   |   |   | 1.08      |   |   |   | -      |   |   |   | - |   |
|                                                                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Coverage      deficiency                                                               |   | $      | 2,564  |   |   |   | -         |   |   |   | -         |   |   | $      | 956    |   |   | $ | 898 |   |

| Note:       As of December 31, 2008, American has guaranteed approximately $745      million of unsecured debt and approximately $305 million of secured      debt.  The impact of these unconditional guarantees is not      included in the abovecomputation. |
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