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Wheels up
The AE issue is leverage in a test of wills between the APA and AA. Would the APA demand that AE be shut down if AA refuses to negotiate a satisfactory solution? YES. Will that happen? Maybe. It depends on AA.
A fantasy at best.
The loss of AE feed to AA would only place the carrier in BK. In retaliation, AMR would use such an act to whack the pensions and freeze them for eternity.
APA thuggery has been trying to strongarm Eagle pilots for years and the future will be no different. Lloyd and his cronies are basically infants with loud rattles demanding to be fed what THEY want as opposed to whats best for them and their parents.
Look for AE to continue to exist. Eventually, it may be samller, but with a larger percentage of 70 + seaters. Likely another carrier will be brought onboard to whipsaw Eagle, but large RJ feed for AA will not change.