Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
AMR has threatened to put Eagle on the auction block before. I suspect it's just a tactic, but if they are indeed serious, then yes, SkyWest Inc. is the only one who can really afford them. Unless they blow their whole wad on other airlines first.
2008 was the last push by AMR to sell off Eagle. Financial Times article reported that Republic and Skywest were both interested parties, but not with the strings AMR wanted to attach to the sale. Maybe now AMR is a little more desperate to cut and run from Eagle?