EAGLE, DIVESTED?

They wont be bought, they will be spun off like Express One was into Pinnacle. I would expect American Eagle will change its name to something else and then be an independent "holding company with the airline under the holding umbrella" then Ealge pilots better tighten their scope clause as much as possible and read into the trans states/go jet debacle and the pinnacle/colgan purchase.

True, but even the most aggressive and risk taking investment firm might shy away from another "start up" airline, even one with guaranteed business with AA. Pinnacle was spun off from Express I and ExpressJet from Continental Express in a drastically different economic environment. The airline industry was a bit different then, too, considering it was pre-9/11. AA is looking to make this cheaper for THEM, so look for a lot of clauses in the services agreement with any new contract carrier to push some of the costs onto the new carrier. Hell, they'd dump fuel costs on them if they could. Look what's happening to Republic now that they've gotta deal with fuel costs at Frontier instead of the mainline guy picking up the tab. If Pinnacle had to deal with fuel costs, we'd all be unemployed already.....
 
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