Embraer,

Thanks for the info. It's always good to hear what's being said and by whom. However, your perception and/or their presentation of some of the items doesn't really jibe with the reality of the industry.

For instance, there are only 68 current airplanes worth of flying coming open in the next 5 years for Eagle to bid on industrywide. Even if we got ALL of those for other airlines it would only mitigate what AMR will be trying to "diversify" from us in 3-5 years (see history of XJT for an idea of what's happening). So IMO, and that of many others who've been around a while, is that this "flying for other carriers" is a hollow claim.

Bottom line is that they want to diversify the feed so they're not hamstrung by having only Eagle to do their small jet flying in case of labor issues or other significant difficulties at one carrier.

Think about it: if things are so great wrt our attrition and costs vs. that of others' (that part is seemingly accurate btw), then why is AMR so ready to get rid of us? Or are they?