Originally Posted by Rightseat Ballast

As far as I know, the CHQ are still supposed to be based out of STL, even after the renegotiated rates. Moving the CHQ American Connection flying to ORD was an American Airlines decision, and they will have to deal with the consequences of violating their agreement with Eagle. I am actually surprised that American did not just try to buy CHQ out of the rest of the contract. Bedford has been willing to reduce his 50 seat fleet in cooperation with the mainline partners (UA, DAL, US Airways over the past 2 years).

In all likelihood, the CHQ contract will expire before the Eagle grievance is ever settled, and in the meantime two more pilot groups will be at odds with each other due to managements disregard for legally binding agreements.

And before someone starts ragging on CHQ for undercutting Eagle, please re-read the situation. CHQ is flying for AA because CHQ flew for TWA, and the contract carried over after the purchase. CHQ never underbid Eagle for flying. CHQ did reduce it's compensation rates with AA, but that also coincided with a reduction in planes flying for AA. CHQ did not increase it's flying for AA through reducing costs, and pilots did not take any pay cuts as a result of the lower reimbursement rates from AA.