Instituting PBS equates to probably losing 1500-2000 jobs.

Self-help? Believe it. Make no mistake, it WILL happen if the company continues on its present course of quibbling, stalling, showing up for negotiations "unprepared" to discuss issues . . . in other words, refusing to negotiate in good faith.

Wait until AA loses the arbitration on the commuter clause exception for Eagle and several other arbitrations. I think as a minimum the 25 70 seat jets are getting yanked from Eagle and the 50 seater operation is going transform itself back into what it was meant to be, an efficient turboprop true feeder operation or just get crushed by its own weight of inefficient sub-50 seat jets. The manure pile is really going to hit the fan this summer. The abject failure of the senior leadership to actually lead the employees of the company is reaching its day of reckoning.