I tend to think there is also a chance for cal.

hey whatever happens eagle is still a stand up group and has always been a respectable place to work. Good luck fellas.... management whipsawing us against each other is never a good thing. Now it looks inevitable eagle will be in the mix too.

The sunshades and Universals could just as easily be installed in the 145 as the 140, so I don't consider those an "airplane" plus - more of an "American Connection" plus.
I think I should clarify that although I don't miss the 140, I do miss the American flying in STL. It is, without a doubt, the best flying we have in the system. Easy flying, good outstations, and quite a few high-time trips on the Connection side are some of the big reasons I'm giving serious consideration to doing the IND-STL commute. However, I definitely would rather fly the 135 or 145 than the 140.

I'm quite clear on the reasonings that TSA and CHQ do flying for American. My question wasn't "why are they doing that". Rather, I'm wondering about the implications of Eagle and AA no longer being a single entity (which you can at least say they are for contract negotiations). Before when the old grandfathered TWA contracts were up, I'm not sure how much of a chance those two airlines stood of continuing that flying, due to Eagle already throwing a fit about AA "cheating" on them.

Regardless of whether or not you like the 140 or think that an executive has made veiled statements against the contract, things in the business world are not quite simple. You can't throw away a certain amount of flying because you don't like the airplane, especially when it's paying the bills. And while it's certainly possible that RAH or TSA could move airplanes around, it would at the very least have a huge impact on operations. Look at XJET, they were able to move things around, but their future, while not in dire peril, is admittedly unsure. That's not a dig against XJET, it's a simple fact that while their future has promise, many things could happen that could jeopardize their financial security.

So now that Eagle stands to be a separate entity, is the likelihood that these contracts can at least be renewed if the companies want?



Oh, and Koolaidman mentioned Southwest using SKW for regional flying. Not a chance in hell. SWA may like you guys because of your similar company culture, but if you think that SWA is going to start regional flying under a different banner and using a non-SWA workforce, you're kidding yourself, sorry.

If RAH wanted to renew the contract, I have pretty good idea that it would probably happen without a problem. That's IF they want to renew. I don't know whether they do or not, but my opinion would be "No" and have the 140's be sold off just like the 135's are (those planes are "paying the bills" and they're outta here). However, our operation for American is stable and runs well. You never here any complaints from that side of the house.

Oh, and to the guys talking up this SKW/SWA regional crap...SWA's scope prevents any "regional" flying to be done by people other than SWA pilots. So unless every SKW pilot is hopping over to the SWA seniority list...you're all jerking yourselves around.

The 145s are not always broke. Maybe you will see one MEL on a plane once in a while, but not always. These planes are kept in great shape.

44 adults and 60 bags, please, we do that all the time with 50 people an 60 bags. You are giving misinformation.

44 peeps and 60 bags ain't happenin' on the 140. You can do it on the 145...because you have an extra 2,000 lbs to play with. How do you fit 50 people on a plane that only holds 44 though...?

4 people in the lav and 2 in the closet.

I believe that is perfectly legal in Pakistan.

HAHAHA.....