Originally Posted by
gold
What's the possibility of Republic swapping their American Connection erj-140s for some E170/E175s and locking in a new contract once the current one expires, which I think is soon? The APA scope preventing non-amr carriers from operating anything larger than 50 seaters will probably be gone by the time the Republic erj-140 contracts expire, right?
Unable to know now exactly who the "other players" will be regarding AA feed right now. Eagle may once again put up for divestiture once they have a feed contract for AA and competitive labor costs. Part of Eagle can simply be divested off to another, effectively pitting Eagle against itself if necessary (part of the current Eagle actually becomes one of the "other players"). AMR scrambled the whipsaw egg back in the '90's by joining all the Eagle's and simply may partially unscramble it if necessary to revert to the old model. I doub't you'd see it return to 4 Eagle's, but only 2 with a third or fourth carrier to be added (or retained).
One of the future Eagle feeders may only be a Q400 outfit.