This has been in the works for several months month, at least six IIRC. Basically, AA contracted flying with CHQ back around 2000. This flying was primarily done out of STL. Now that AA is shutting that flying down, they need to do something with CHQ other than pay them to sit on their hands. The Eagle pilots don't like it, but they haven't lost any flying per se. They just haven't gained any from the shift either.