That is very possible. I don't know anymore than anyone else. I've just scene some very unlikely scenarios play out in this industry. Do you think that APA saw AMR positioning Business Express to purchase the aircraft for Eagle before the vote? (That was a deal that Bedford was a part of BTW.) If you would have told me 10 years ago that I would one day have a Comair Captain as my FO and that we would be seeing a former Comair CRJ 200 parked at an L-Eagle gate doing AA flying flowned by SkyWest Pilots, I wouldn't have believed you. Do you think that a TWA newhire in 1989 would have guessed that he would one day being flying a 50 seat "regional" jet at AE?

I am sure that Bedford, if given the choice, would dump all flying except AA. Its probably his most lucrative contract. I doubt that UA, DA and the US Federal Court system would allow that to happen though. The likelihood of RAH not fulfilling all their obligations is a guarantee. I think we can all agree on that. Those contracts contain financial penalties for failing to fulfill those obligations. Do you think that if Parker agreed to waive those penalties in exchange for taking ownership of some of those E175s that Bedford wouldn't take it?

The only thing that I fully have confidence in Parker about is, he will pursue the cheapest route possible. If it saves him money to cut a deal with Bedford and put some of RAH's E175s at another carrier that can staff them, he WILL do it.