Still no. However, with the history of the recent arbitrators opening siding with the company, I suppose the company could grieve it and win. After all, the APA just lost a grievance concerning the minimum pilot floor where the arbitrator ruled that every single pilot at AA could be furloughed, yet the APA pilot floor concerning commuter exception to scope would NOT be triggered.

Another possibility could be that the APA grants exception for a certain number of 76 seat aircraft with the proviso that furloughed AA pilots fly the captain's seat at AE pay rates.

I think Arpey is loath to take the company to bankruptcy. He just renegotiated debt due at the end of the year. Despite some commuter pilots' dream for once again dumbing down the industry, Bk is not what is used to be and AA can't just come in and dictate the terms of a change to the employee contracts, so the outcome is not certain. Keep in mind also that a change in scope would also, almost certainly, mean that AE would NOT be the only small jet supplier. However, eaglefly's right in that AE future is uncertain without viable jets, vice the 37-50 seat money pits they have now.

There's a lot of angles to all this and it's not anywhere close the the slam dunk fait accompli that eaglefly would lead you to believe.