American Eagle Pilots On Board with AA Bankruptcy Plan
Under pressure to avoid further company-imposed concessions backed by a bankruptcy court, American Eagle pilots accepted a new eight-year labor deal despite American’s plan to move 11 ERJ-140s out of Los Angeles to make room for equipment flown by new code-share partner SkyWest.
Under pressure to avoid further company-imposed concessions backed by a bankruptcy court, American Eagle pilots accepted a new eight-year labor deal despite American’s plan to move 11 ERJ-140s out of Los Angeles to make room for equipment flown by new code-share partner SkyWest.

Bankrupt AMR moved a step closer to its goal of saving $1.25 billion a year in employee-related costs as the pilots of American Eagle voted last Monday to ratify a tentative agreement reached between their Air Line Pilots Association bargaining committee and airline management. Of the regional airline’s some 3,000 pilots, 85 percent cast ballots. Seventy percent of participating pilots voted in favor of the agreement.