Originally Posted by
eaglefly
To add insult to injury, once this contract kicks in, AMR hopes to then divest Eagle to compete for flying contracts with other carriers. Since they will effectively then have slave labor, they'll be able to low-ball their way against every other regional out there flying for anybody. Even if they don't win a feed contract flying for X or Y, they'll effectively FORCE regional airline compensation across the board dramatically downward.
In effect, this is no longer a whipsaw WITHIN AMR, but soon industry wide and if successful, it will allow this cancer to spread to the ENTIRE REGIONAL industry if Eagle pilots allow it. Legacies X and Y will use this to their advantage to pit agianst their current regionals to ratchet costs downward.
Match it or else.......
The regional airline pilots 9/11 is now here.
Excuse me!!! The regional whipsaw has been in full effect since 9/11. AMR is joining the party almost a decade later. Look what Delta, US, Alaska, Continental and United do with their feed. They move it around to keep the regionals in check just like AMR is trying to do. The cancer has been here for a long while.