Another part of the dispute comes when CHQ starts flying out of another place besides STL. Their contract came from the TWA purchase, and was originally for flying in STL. Moving to ORD flying is not kosher. Again, this is not a battle against the CHQ pilots, or even the CHQ mgmt. It is against AMR and to prevent a widescale introduction of 3rd party carriers in AMR hubs in the future.

I would be very curious what the terms of the CHQ-AA contract are, because I have heard AA could be held responsible for lease payments on unused a/c or CHQ could give the a/c to AMR if CHQ didnt want to use them for any other non-AX flying. Im sure we will find more details.