Originally Posted by
FLowpayFO
Let's say Jetblue bought AE, would that be a legal way for AMR to navigate around APA's scope quickly? Basically if we turned into JetBlue, than we would be code shared and hence the way to bigger airframes on property for AMR with no scope restrictions?
And if someone buys AE's certificate, does that include Executive or is that separate all together?
No, code-shares require APA involvement. The jetBlue thing is an interline agreement... although, for all practical purposes, with all the side letters of agreement to honor eachothers airmiles and do revenue sharing (not profit sharing) they have everything a codeshare does except slapping the AA code on the flight.
But to expound upon your thought further... Eagle would not have to be bought by ANYBODY to do exactly that... AMR could spin Eagle off tomorrow, tear up the one page fee for departure agreement, and then program Sabre to make Eagle the interline partner of choice on the exact same routes they are flying now. Worse, they would then be free to buy as many new and larger planes as they wanted for Eagle to fly them on the interline agreement. The same side contracts they have with jetBlue to honor and award miles programs along with revenue sharing would work there as well... and since it is all going back to the same AMR shareholders, the end result is the money goes back to the same people anyway.
Now, isn't that a scary thought... talk about outsourcing of jobs...