After the crisis broke FAT applied to the court for bankruptcy protection to win time by preventing creditors from calling in their debts and avoiding seizure of its assets. FAT's second-largest stockholder (with a 5.73 % stake in the company), and also one of its creditors, China Airlines (CA) insisted on its rights as a creditor and announced it was giving up its seat on the FAT board.
危機爆發後，為了爭取緩衝處理時間，遠航已向法院聲請重整以避免債權人追債、假扣押其資產；而其大股東之一、同時亦被遠航拖欠款項的中華航空（持有遠航 5.73％股權）為了確保債權，則採取親兄弟明算帳的態度，於事發後宣布辭去遠航法人董事席位。