Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
It was no contract extension. The TWA contract was through 2012. It was amendable in 2009, or so I've been told.
"It should be Eagle's flying" is crazy talk. CHQ's contract was not with AA. It was with TWA. When AA bought TWA they bought our contracts. That's it. CHQ didn't take any of Eagle's flying as they never flew the routes to start with. It's like two parents getting married and one kid says all the other kids things belong to him because his mom took their last name.
Agreed.
Hopefully, we'll have the opportunity soon to bid on some of CHQ's (or others) current flying with larger aircraft. We as pilots shouldn't take CHQ's AA flying as personal and they shouldn't be angry with us if we get some of theirs.
Sadly, the "unity" baloney is long gone and it's every pilot for himself. I'll have no problems doing ANYONE else's flying because it seems that few have problems doing ours. As such, every pilot group should fight tooth and nail for any and everything they can get.
It's a jungle out there.
Let the strong survive and prosper and the weak get hosed. It's a harsh reality, but it's a reality we as pilots have cultivated.
Unfortunate, but true.