Originally Posted by boilerpilot

I'm quite clear on the reasonings that TSA and CHQ do flying for American. My question wasn't "why are they doing that". Rather, I'm wondering about the implications of Eagle and AA no longer being a single entity (which you can at least say they are for contract negotiations). Before when the old grandfathered TWA contracts were up, I'm not sure how much of a chance those two airlines stood of continuing that flying, due to Eagle already throwing a fit about AA "cheating" on them.

Regardless of whether or not you like the 140 or think that an executive has made veiled statements against the contract, things in the business world are not quite simple. You can't throw away a certain amount of flying because you don't like the airplane, especially when it's paying the bills. And while it's certainly possible that RAH or TSA could move airplanes around, it would at the very least have a huge impact on operations. Look at XJET, they were able to move things around, but their future, while not in dire peril, is admittedly unsure. That's not a dig against XJET, it's a simple fact that while their future has promise, many things could happen that could jeopardize their financial security.

So now that Eagle stands to be a separate entity, is the likelihood that these contracts can at least be renewed if the companies want?



Oh, and Koolaidman mentioned Southwest using SKW for regional flying. Not a chance in hell. SWA may like you guys because of your similar company culture, but if you think that SWA is going to start regional flying under a different banner and using a non-SWA workforce, you're kidding yourself, sorry.