Originally Posted by
fly4michelle
I could not agree more. American will soon be bidding out their regional flying just like everyone else does---they have to stay completive. I would think Eagle will survive, but as a much smaller company than it is today. I feel for the last few hundred guys getting hired---there is a very good chance they will be on the streets in the future when the downsizing starts. Just look at Comair---it will be the same scnerio at Eagle. What a shame.
My dollar says they'll transfer some of Eagle's EMB's over to CHQ (or possibly someone else) and offer pilots a transfer with them. I don't think Eagle will furlough, but a shuffling of deck chairs will result in some pilots shifting companies, but I don't think any pilot who has a job will lose it with the divestiture. Some pilots may have the unenviable choice of keeping their upgrade, but going to the other company or staying at the current Eagle (who will change their name and will like CHQ or everyone else, become a "DBA" operation) and going back to F/O.