Originally Posted by
boilerpilot
So what does this mean for the American Connection carriers that are basically leasing airplanes for their operations like TSA and RAH (CHQ)? Weren't they leasing them from Eagle or, perhaps more correctly, AMR? And for their contracts, which I thought were up for renewal in 2011?
It doesn't really mean anything for RAH. Our AA planes have nothing to do with Eagle. Also, the flying we do under the AA banner is carry-over from TWA. When AA bought/merged with TWA, we kept doing the same flying for AA as we had been for TWA only with a different paint scheme. Hence the reason every single one of our AA planes is STL based. Naturally, since we kept the contract and started flying with the name "American" on the side, Eagle believes we stole their flying. Figure that one out.
TD - while it's never been "officially" said, it's a common belief that the AA flying will go away once the contract is up. Mostly based on BB's numerous comments regarding his feelings on 50 seat (or less) flying.