Any news at Eagle regarding recalls in the near future?

Also, what's the situation with the American Connection ERJ's that were taken back from TSA? I'm assuming the birds are to stay at AE?

I got furloughed and in talking to a few people still at AE they are saying that they think recalls may happen as soon as February.

I don't think that this will be the case but then again I'm not there every day. I don't think people will get called to later next year and there's no saying that all 72 will be called at once. It might be 8, 9, 10 at a time?

I am personally not expecting to hear anything for a while. I'm okay with it though, I'm back at my old flying job and loving it. Even if AE called today I don't really think I'd go back just yet. Who knows though.

I think AE started using those TSA airplanes down in DFW? I remember seeing the blue tail down there.

Status quo on recalls for now, so none planned.

AC birds are back and flying throughout the system (where 145's fly, anyway).

Here's the newest rumor I heard...

I spoke with a captain friend of mine who said he was talking to the head of the Eagle MEC...or talked to someone who talked to the head? Anywho...

Eagle has apparently secured financing for 23 more CRJs...AMR wants AE to do the flying with them...110 upgrades...and all the furloughed guys back on line by February?

Sounds like crap to me but I'm wondering if anyone else has heard this...I know this CRJ talk has been going for a while but this one sounds like there is some closure....

Come on people.... options on airplanes don't last for 6 years....
They DID have options for up to 25 more CRJ's back in 2003... but I have NEVER heard of options being held open for this period of time... at least not without a payment to hold the options open, which would show up in company financial reports.... and it ain't there. The APA asked for AMR to show them the options back in 2007 when they were working on a TA to provide a stipend to any Eagle CA's that left to go to AA.... one of the things the APA insisted on was seeing that the options actually still existed. The TA subsequently fell apart when AMR couldn't/wouldn't produce the options...

so, this is just more BS to keep more people fro quiting a sinking ship.

Mason you do know AMR just got a ruling that 22 options are open.

I wish it was true but I help start that rumor.:D

This has already gone to an arbitrator. AMR claims that they had a "secret verbal agreement" with Bombardier to keep the options open. The arbitrator ruled that 22 of the options were indeed still valid even though they were "secret" and "verbal" and AMR had a duty to tell the APA yet intentionally did not. No penalty to the company, of course.

Bottom line is 22 options still available to exercise.

One can draw their own conclusions about the truthfulness of the "secret verbal" deal worth in the hundreds of million of dollars and the arbitrator's "motivation" for ruling as he did. I know what I think.

The preliminary bid results came out today. Looks like I get to stay in DFW for a little longer. We'll see.

extra buddy pass anyone?

Another one of your misguided and error filled anti-Eagle rants. Eagle isn't anywhere CLOSE to "sinking". I know you have a lot of angry baggage you're dragging around about Eagle behind you, but your credibility would improve DRAMATICALLY if you concentrated on more fact and less emotion.

The 22 CRJ options DO exist and apparently Bombardier wants AMR Eagle to come up with 15% for financing. Not sure if that has happened yet, but some say yes and some say no. El Presidente wants them and has been trying to get that financing, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Now, with that corrected..............you're free to get back to your hobby of Eaglebashing.