Originally Posted by
Unterwegs
I believe if some other airline buys AA (which is more likely than a merger of equals or AA buying somebody) the management of the buying airline will decide what happens with the AA brand and the alliance membership.
In that type of situation it basically does not matter any more what the management of AA thinks / wants / believes. They will be redundant.
That's not how it works in the real world.
AA is a founding member of Oneworld. IF they are to be taken over, they would for sure stipulate that the new airline would remain in OW.
The only exception would be if AA is liquidated.