Originally Posted by
WalkOfShame
They aren't AA's airframes to take away.... RAH owns them. Now AA could pull back the flying if they chose. I don't know the details of the fixed fee contract but doing so might, or might not, involve financial penalties to AA.
There is a clause in the contract and leases that says AAG could assume the leases on the aircraft if RAH is unable to meet a certain performance metric. AAG essentially co-signed for the aircraft. However, I don't think that is very likely to happen at this point. I think RAH staffing would have to be hurting real bad for this to occur.