Originally Posted by
amcnd
AA has no money to buy planes for Eagle, they don't want to pay there lump sum to AA pilots. Eagle has always had "monopoly money".. And now they have to compete with the likes of SkyWest, Gojet, Republic ect.... Gona be a hard sell to get a "huge" order of aircraft... AA will spilt any new planes 4 ways... But the reductions will hit Eagle harder then others. The "flow up" to AA will help.. If you still believe in that "urban myth"
First off AA has as almost as much money as any other legacy carrier out there something upwards of 6,000,000,000. Second the lump sum is from a separate pot of money and they want to eliminate the lump sum option but the AA pilots will still get their money to the tunes of six figures a year! They want to eliminate the option to reduce the amount of AA pilot who will retire once AMR emerges at the end of the 1st qt 2013. AA will not have hundreds of large RJs flying for them, they will obtain large RJ but will do the bulk of domestic flights with NB aircraft as is Delta, United and the rest of the LCC, just because they want it on a contract doesn't mean they will do it, they want as much as possible for the possibility and flexibility and negotiating power down the road. The 50 sweaters are the lest economical airplanes out there with the 65 and 76 seaters not far behind. It cost more to run RJs than to run NB with the fuel prices!