Originally Posted by
johnso29
That will not stop any regional from accepting a contract from AMR to perform flying. Regionals will bid on it, be awarded it, and then junior man, roll days off, offer 200% pay and whatever else it takes. I've seen it happen with Chautauqua and ExpressJet. They won't worry about whether they can staff it until after they've been awarded it.
We will see, Eagle management has made it fairly clear they are aware there is a shortfall of qualified pilots. I do not think they will get rid of the staffing on hopes someone else has it. Worst thing that could ever do is come up short on people to move the people.