Originally Posted by
Pucnit
My perception is that American is on a 5 year plan to be competitive again. In 4-5 years new planes that will reduce their future Jet A cost by 20-30%. If they can get new labor agreements... In 4-5 years they will have higher cost employees retiring and they will be able to replace them at a much lower cost.
The issue is it isn't a static market. 5 years from now 20% more efficient planes for AA will only be a few percent more efficient relative to the marketplace, if that.