We need to demystify the whole Comair thing once and for all. Not every airline is destined for a "comair" style ending. We can't always play that card.

First, Delta already had ASA doing much of their flying. Prior to their bankruptcy Delta had already made plans to shift much of Comair's routes to ASA.

AMR has no ASA.

Second, the Comair pilot group burned some major bridges with their strike. Their hearts were in the right place, but the timing and how Comair management went about it was very wrong. Delta didn't forgive or forget.

No such bad blood exists between Eagle and AMR. No strikes by our pilot group shutting down operations.

Third, Comair (not the pilots) had a history of incompetence the likes of which had rarely been seen before. Remember the Christmas fiasco? How many thousands of flights were canceled over that week?

Then to add insult to injury their crew scheduling system goes beserk forcing more cancelations.

Eagle had the dynamic manning experiment go wrong this past year, but that was small potatoes compared to the things Comair pullled. Plus the dynamic manning was AMR's idea and was only a test.

When push came to shove Delta was running from Comair. They had ASA and Chatauqua picking up most of their flying and, most imprtantly, doing that flying more efficiently. This is not a reflection on the Comair pilot group who were doing a superior job with what they had to work with.

Comair's story is unique and involves many variables and factors. We can't always scream COMAIR! Everytime a company enters bankruptcy or goes into negotiation with a regional partner.

None of this is to say that AMR isn't capable of anything. I'm just saying we can't use what happend to Comair as a basis for what may or may not happen to Eagle.