True, that wasnt nice of me.

Lets break out the ole reliable Jetblue/AE merger. Eagle is sold to jetBlue. Garton becomes new CEO. Barger takes a high level position at AMR or remains as President of AE/jetblue.

jetblue can re-assign their A320s/E190s across the Eagle system to cover higher density flying out of ORD/DFW. Eagle would park all E135/140s and keep about 50-80 E145s. Remaining E145s would cover existing lower density JB routes like JFK-BTV/ROC/SYR/etc with increased frequency compared to what JB currently does with the A320/E190. Eagle parks all ATRs and orders Q400s for Caribbean, Miami, and possibly short haul routes in the other bases.

seniority lists merged. jetblue pilots have super seniority on all A320/E190 flying. Eagle pilots have super seniority on all CRJ/E145/Q400 flying. Master sen list has top half of current JB pilots, top half of current AE pilots (most of them will be gone to AA for flowthrough), bottom half of current JB pilots, then bottom half of current Eagle pilots.

New union representation for AE+JB combo, APA. APA creates a master seniority list for AA/JB+AE and creates mechanisms for pilots to move between the carriers.

AA mainline continues to focus on transcon and premium domestic and int'l first class service while Eagle+JB does a sort of economy/business type offering while keeping a low cost structure.