Originally Posted by eaglefly

Too many IMHO.....at least in EVERY hub. I think AMR will get a lot of what they want on scope. There will be more RJ's and larger RJ's and multiple carriers, but 4 in each hub seems too many. How many more and how larger will be the question. Not every regional will operate in every hub and I'm also betting turboprops like the Q400 are somewhere in the mix. If AMR does indeed grow AA as well as they are promising, then RJ jobs would go to the pilot group that bids/flies them. But a low-bidder/whipsaw scenario makes for a lousy career. The key for us AT THE VERY LEAST, is to ensure that if RJ growth DOES come at the expense of mainline jobs (like the past), then those who lose jobs get protections by virtue of captains positions on the RJ's. That is at the very LEAST.

If it's AMR's intent to simply outsource to that degree, there's nothing left to save or fight for, for the bottom half of the AA list. Any deal like that simply will result in the bottom half recognizing that (along with many captains who'd become F/O's.......potentially for the remainder of their careers, considering their age), that a vote on any such TA would be no by the majority forcing AMR to proceed with their "plan" with their pilots under a contentious work order and its resulting bedlam. At that point, I think their reorganization plan would fail due to uncertainty and lack of confidence and merger/fragmentation would occur quicker. Considering the history of this company and management, I simply cannot and will not give any blind trust to promises and any "yes" vote on a TA will have to give me confidence in job security. I'll vote no without that, the cos
equences be damned.