AirwAr said:
amcnd said:
If Eagle was sold. AA would retain all control of Eagle ,just as CO did wiht COEX a 20 year all RJ feed no competing deal. Scope is gone. Eagle can fly about 500, 50 seat RJ's if AA wanted them to. The real question is the 70-100 seat RJ's. Will the APA give up scope on those to save there pention? The only way AA could make money on those aircraft is with Eagle wages across the baord.
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Didn't the APA already effectively give up scope? They agreed to allow domestic codesharing with other airlines so this would include not only aircraft in the 70-100 seat range but everything else. AA has already setup a codeshare with Alaska.
I don't know how important it is to the APA to keep Eagle in the family, but if they don't find a way to peacefully co-exist, management will just spin them off and give them the 100 seaters. If AA can codshare on Alaska's 737s, surely they could codeshare on Eagle's ERJ 190s.
Given the choice of allowing Eagle to operate 100 seaters as part of AMR or as a separate company, which would the APA choose? Do they care?
There is nothing to prevent TSA, or CHQ from buying 757's, 767's, or even 777's right now. Why haven't they?
AE would have to be a viable stand alone entity to fall under the acceptability language for domestic code share in the contract. AE needs AA feed to exist. The codeshare you present would not be legal in the current contract language. AA isn't simply "free" to codeshare with who and when they please, agreement is still required from/with APA. If the parties don't agree, it gets submitted to arbitration. Here's some partial language:
4. In forming the award, the arbitrator will utilize the terms of the thenexisting
domestic codeshare agreements among domestic air carriers and
the provisions of then-existing collective bargaining agreements for pilots
at United, Delta, Northwest, Continental and USAirways airlines that are
relevant to domestic codesharing. The Arbitrator will apply those
agreements to establish an industry standard domestic codeshare
agreement for the period of that agreement that is fair to the pilots.
5. The subjects to be considered by the parties and submitted to the
arbitrator, if agreement cannot be reached, shall include, but not be limited
to:
a. Procedures for reciprocal codesharing;
b. Terms of codesharing on flights between and from the Company’s and
the Domestic Air Carrier’s hubs and focus cities;
c. Conditions for codesharing on flying in overlapping markets;
d. Conditions for blocked space arrangements;
e. Code sharing on International Flying;
f. Codesharing on regional jet flying by the Domestic Air Carrier’s
associated regional airlines and commuter carriers, if any;
g. Block hour limitations;
h. Joint marketing limitations;
i. Adequate protections for existing AA flying;
j. The mutual benefits to the Company and the American Airlines pilots.
6. The interest arbitration will be pursuant to the Railway Labor Act.
7. The interest arbitrator will retain jurisdiction to resolve questions and
disputes about the implementation of his award.
