This is bad news for anyone who will suffer on an F100 this summer due to its insufficient air conditioning (and those passengers inconvenienced by any more landing gear deficiencies).

Too bad AA made a HUGE mistake ever taking the Fokker for a test ride and then being suckered into buying 75 of the losers. Whaaat were they smokin???

Had this latest recession and September 11 never happened (and AA fighting for its survival), maybe AA would have seen the wisdom of buying a couple hundred 717s to serve as the 80-90 seat (after MRTC and MRTF) short haul planes (maybe even for Eagle to fly).

Now, instead, Eagle will probably fly 50 or 70 seat RJs (without MRTC or even an F seat) with cramped seating on those routes. Too bad. Yikes.

I can only hope that lots of AA executives get to roast this summer in F100s as they wait in the hot sun at DFW. It won't change the decision, but it might help drive home the mistake -- you don't buy airplanes made in a country that has no need for AIR CONDITIONING. "[a] very good fleet" -- my a@&. Fire that guy for lying to the analysts (not to mention, lying to the passengers).