Originally Posted by obx_man
I'm a novice so please excuse my ignorance.... so what do you mean by mainline service?
I live in Pittsburgh and have about 200k miles in my AA account and since my wife and I have opened AA-citi-cards and will be adding at least 80k miles a year between us I'm really concerned how this will affect us.
Mainline = Shiny large jets that say American on them, as opposed to white, small RJs that say American Eagle.
Mainline equals expensive pilots, FAs and ground crews, while Eagle means reduced wages for everyone, small planes and No First Class.