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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]  
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive loss The following table shows the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss:
(in millions)
Pension and Other Benefits Liabilities(2)
Derivative Contracts
Investments
Total
Balance at January 1, 2014
$
(5,323
)
$
219

$
(26
)
$
(5,130
)
Changes in value (net of tax effect of $1,276)
(2,267
)
83

10

(2,174
)
Reclassification into earnings (net of tax effect of $4)(1)
73

(80
)
—

(7
)
Balance at December 31, 2014
(7,517
)
222

(16
)
(7,311
)
Changes in value (net of tax effect of $41)
10

43

(45
)
8

Reclassification into earnings (net of tax effect of $16)(1)
153

(125
)
—

28

Balance at December 31, 2015
(7,354
)
140

(61
)
(7,275
)
Changes in value (net of tax effect of $293)
(482
)
(19
)
42

(459
)
Reclassification into earnings (net of tax effect of $57)(1)
122

(24
)
—

98

Balance at December 31, 2016
$
(7,714
)
$
97

$
(19
)
$
(7,636
)
 
(1) 
Amounts reclassified from AOCI for pension and other benefits are recorded in salaries and related costs in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Amounts reclassified from AOCI for derivative contracts designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges and interest rate cash flow hedges are recorded in passenger revenue and interest expense, net, respectively, in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(2) 
Includes $1.9 billion of deferred income tax expense, primarily related to pension obligations, that will not be recognized in net income until the pension obligations are fully extinguished. We consider all income sources, including other comprehensive income, in determining the amount of tax benefit allocated to continuing operations.