NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- American Airlines regional subsidiary Envoy Air is losing pilots so rapidly that it is sending airplanes to other carriers that have enough pilots to fly them. What could be worse? American apparently believes it would be even tougher to continue to operate under the pilot contract approved by prior management during its bankruptcy. Must Read: Delta CEO, Backing Obama, Declares 'We Are a Nation of Immigrants' So today, Envoy is in "a unique situation where an airline is coming apart," said aviation consultant Bob Mann.