Outsourcing and online bookings. Latest moves by American Eagle and Continental to cut jobs

Even as pilots are continuing to grumble about mainline jobs going to regional airlines, so too are American Eagle pilots, now that Chautauqua has joined the American Airline stable at Chicago from its former TWA deployment over St Louis. American Eagle, one of the highest cost, and least profitable major/regional alliance programs, is continuing to look at cutting costs and has hired Republic Airways Holdings subsidiary to do it, as part of a "broader reshaping" of American's O'Hare operations, the Chicago Tribune reported. Chautauqua has been an American Connection carrier since 2000.