Originally Posted by
LAXJFKesq
I will ignore the stupid comment. I assume you meant AA being the largest airline made them the best postioned. If not, please educate us to your measurement standard that justifies your claim that AA was the best positioned airline heading into the last decade -- even over UA. I eagerly await your reply.
As for Parker, I keep saying it is a house of cards that is about to tumble. If US is left out in the cold again, wait and see.....
"Perhaps" was my statement, however, the elements I think AA had then:
- Strong LHR operation
- The pending BA antitrust relationship (LHR is the TATL pot of gold)
- Dominant player to Latin America and the Caribbean
- Better JFK position pre-B6
- Typical UA labor-management acrimony with CEO revolving door Greenwald to Goodwin to Creighton while Carty had led a fairly smooth transition from Crandall with pretty much the same management team that made AMR such a well respected company.