Originally Posted by TWAWORLD

I find this rhetoric offensive. American is not a flag carrier for the U.S. In fact people from Mexico, Argentina etc. are just as American as U.S. citizen. I lived in Mexico for years and it was offensive to hear U.S. citizens refer to themselves as Americans as if they are the only people who can claim this identity. Maybe they need to change their name to North American Airlines if they want to be more representative of where they are based.