AMR divesting Eagle is about on par with Hell Freezing Over....

It sounds good, but then they'd have noplace to hide or shift the money to/from... it also sounds good anytime an AMR pilot group is in negotiations... like the APA is right now, and Eagle will be in another year or so.

When Eagle cancels they don't get paid.... when the outside subcontractors got cancelled, they still got paid. The outside sub's made enough money to go out and buy places like Midwest and Frontier... AMR selling or divesting Eagle would be a disservice to their shareholders... but it would make the APA happy, until the APA realizes that they would be trading one pilot group willing to fly APA routes, for several pilot groups willing to fly APA routes....

Sometimes the Devil you know is better than the one you don't. I vote to keep Eagle, and sice we're already stuck with 1/2 their list... let's just take the other half, form one list, and keep ALL the flying on our list. Of course I do not expect much support for the idea from ALPA since they would be losing 3,000 dues paying members. We also have to deal with the few remaining phallus's here who refuse to even consider merging Eagle into the APA list... Does making one list turn recent new hires at Eagle into potential furlough fodder? Perhaps it does. There are ways to mitigate that. However, the long term benefits of taking the risk can only benefit the overall pilot group and the profession....