Originally Posted by eaglefly

That depends on what plan Parker has for the "Eagle" network as mentioned above. One of those possibilities might involve spinning off all or part of a present Eagle WO to the shareholders and reinventing that segment in a new role as a Domestic New Entrant carrier under code sharing or opting to code share with such a carrier outside the WO's. AAG has a 15% Domestic ASM limit which if using say 100-seaters could mean 100-150 aircraft. If our present code share with Alaska ceases, then those ASM's are available for transfer leading to more aircraft and Alaska is about to get much bigger. Theoretically, that could take a big chunk out of AA pilots present flying and of course, wouldn't be good for the flow. But, if Envoy were such a target for that, it would make it interesting as a 1500 pilot airline flying E-190/195's, MRJ's or CS series might be an attractive place to be. If (and we are talking IF) such a scenario were to occur, would a flow to AA survive such a corporate change of that nature. If it couldn't, then many pilots there would end up lifers as not all regional pilots will find slots at legacies even with the coming retirements. Many more might even want to stay for lifestyle and/or job security (seniority). For others, it could mean a longer wait as AA wouldn't be hiring in big numbers until a later period, so that would impact the overall slots available at the legacies. Such a carrier would then truly be more of a lateral player to the LCC's and so moves by such pilots to those might now be not so attractive.

Is this "thinking outside the box" ?

Absolutely, but many events in this world should remind us all that one needs to think outside the box and consider all possibilities to better anticipate and react to unforeseen situations. I'll bet if one were to present the 9/11 scenario to 10,000 people on September 10, 2001, 99% + would have laughed and said such a thing was pretty far-fetched.