One more turn of the screw at AMR
AMR’s long-anticipated plan to shed its San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Executive Airlines division appeared all but secured after American Eagle signed a lett

AMR’s long-anticipated plan to shed its San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Executive Airlines division appeared all but secured after American Eagle signed a letter of intent last month to sell the airline to Puerto Rican hotelier and founder of Executive Air Charter Joaquin Bolivar. As expected, the move drew sharp criticism from both the Air Line Pilots Association and the Allied Pilots Association, the unions representing American Eagle and American Airlines pilots, respectively.

Calling the plan an example of contractual “sharp shooting,” APA president John Darrah reiterated the union’s pursuit of a grievance to bar American Airlines from signing agreements designed to skirt limits on capacity growth at the airline’s regional affiliates. ALPA, meanwhile, awaits word on a date for an arbitration hearing of its own related to charges of similar scope-clause violations.