Parker says he's not committed to AE. He has to see the financial's first. If I was a CEO, I'd prefer to get my regional pilots at 1st year scale or as close to it as possible. Will he choose to inherit a massively top-heavy seniority, overstaffed AE, 2/3's of whose fleet is 37-50 seaters and a huge debt drain ?

Not sure that outweighs the need for that much feed. It's just as possible he'll take the 47 CRJ's and bag the rest and with new orders for larger RJ's and offer employment to furloughed AE pilots to come in on the other certificates that get the new aircraft at first year pay. He'll have plenty of takers, as 1000 of any furloughed AE pilot cadre would be former F/O's formerly no more then 4th year scale at Eagle, so it's not a huge loss. Hundreds of Pinnacle pilots hitting the streets as well.

Not a good time for anyone to be counting their chickens prior to hatching.