Originally Posted by Wingtips

its more than a rumor that Skywest and Republic are not players anymore for AMR flying. You can find a few recent articles in which Skywest vaguely says someone came to them recently for flying and they could not do it for the cost that said company is getting the flying done for now, not even close. Republic flat out said it is done with AMR come March 2013. Transstates and AMR have a bad relationship, I would not expect AMR to ever lease them an airplane again.

Every regional has a big bone to chew right now getting all the FOs typed with ATPs, and adjusting for FT/DT. If they took on flying, and then could not complete the new flying and/or old flying, they get hit with some massive penalties. It seems to be more than a rumor that AMR might not have a real bite for bid out flying.