I don't know if the $500 incentive is still out there. Tell your buddy to ask his CP.
As far as Eagle's future, I'm sure it will be flying but the amount it will be will likely shrink. We're simply not competetive and AMR didn't divest us to let us grow. They did it to bid out our flying.
You can't take the most senior workforce flying the smallest seat capacity jets and expect anyone to hire you. Eagle will be solid for about 5 years when its contract with AMR goes up in 2013, then it's anyone's guess. Oddly enough, that 5 year timeframe is the same as our guaranteed AA flight benefits will last. Coincidence?