Originally Posted by HSLD

Look at the history of Eagle and about 5 (or six) regional affiliates comprised "American Eagle" until the early 90's. I believe that Exec. was the only remaining regional affiliate that wasn't brought into the AMR fold.

This announcement seems to imply that AMR is seeking the arrangement they had prior to the early 90's Eagle merger (sorry I was never there so the details are fuzzy). The airlines were: Simmons, Wings West, Corporate, Executive, and one or two others I don't remember.

What I do recall was whipsawing of pilot groups was the norm. Now with a common fragmentation policy in effect there is the chance to minimize that effect.