And just so there's no confusion and someone jumps on here and says something stupid about Eagle's former LAX flying and CRJ200's in DFW. AMR made it VERY clear that they wanted to diversify some of their regional flying REGARDLESS of Eagle's cost point. The BK deal was supposed to allow eagle to still hold the majority of the regional feed while still diversifying some areas.

While it was a serious blow to morale by closing LAX, there was no intention to outright give bidding for the majority of the flying like they are doing now.

This was the job of new management in light of the Pinnacle fiasco.

So your outright assumption that ALL the flying was up for bid it totally incorrect. Eagle signed a BK deal with the impression that it would allow them to secure that flying that is not being given away.