Yes............again, domination is the key.

Just as claiming flying that we do that was always ours as now somehow theirs, so would any inclusion of us in THEIR plan. We would paternalistically be told where to stand, how to stand and when to stand.

We are not seen as equals, but as afterthoughts and always have been. Yes, there are some wide-eyed kids here who know little of the past and would happily sell their souls (and parents, brothers and sisters) to the APA from the promise of dreams of bigger, shinier airplanes and glorious wealth and stature, but those who've invested anything meaningful here aren't interested in daddy waving a rattle in front of them anymore.

Most who are senior here prefer the current arraingement to what the APA would surely demand and it certainly looks as though AMR has no interest in any schemes of combining our groups. As stated before it would only be granting control of regional flying to the last place they want it to be.

Most here are not taking the APA's plan personally as it's rooted in the ideals as all the rest of their past philosophies of Eagle, so it's really nothing new. We realize the latest seige on our existance and survival is just business with them and we realize that AMR has been very clear where it's plans lie with regard to this type of flying and prefer that becasuse..............well, it's just business with us too.

Economics have ruled so far, have clearly and undeniable shaped this type of flying to what everyone now obviously sees and many (including myself) believe that is what will ultimately prevail at AMR. Since it is what AMR wants that seems to rule, then Eagle will eventually fall in with all the other regionals operating this type of equipment and it will be back to business as usual.