AMR-Eagle Pilots Reach Impasse on Divestiture Deal
Pilots of American Eagle and AMR management fail to reach divestiture deal.
American Eagle's current air services agreement allows for removal of 40 regional jets from the fleet each year starting in January 2014.
American Eagle's current air services agreement allows for removal of 40 regional jets from the fleet each year starting in January 2014.

Talks between the pilots of American Eagle and the management of AMR over the terms of a proposed divestiture of the regional airline reached an impasse over this weekend. The vice chairman of ALPA’s American Eagle unit, Dave Ryter, told AIN that the Eagle master executive council (MEC) chose not to issue a counterproposal to management’s latest offer, which, he said, “sought to change one of the staples of the agreement by adding the ability for management to change the enhanced air services agreement without ALPA’s consent.

“In the opinion of the MEC, management’s proposed solution was unworkable and was therefore placed back in management’s hands to decide whether this request was a ‘show stopper’ or whether they could address the issue differently,” said Ryter.