Originally Posted by
CPRich
Did he bully both of you as a child?
You may have missed that US was 5th in on-time arrivals over the last 12 months, AA was 13th (out of 13). US was fifth (below industry average) in mishandled bags, AA was ninth (above industry average). US was 12th in passenger complaints, AA 14th (nearly 50% higher). LCC stock is up 55% in the last year. AA is, well, bankrupt.
I think the job of a CEO is to run an airline and make money for the shareholders. The numbers paint a different story than agony and pond scum.
I love the prisoner-of-the-moment syndrome.
Could AA's numbers be skewed due to the pilots "illegal" job action?
As for US's stock price, the increase only occured after speculation of a possible combo with AA. It was a $3 stock just a year ago. If the merger doesn't occur, watch LCC's stock drop faster than a rock.
Yes, AA is in chap 11. However, what you and severl others fail to mention is that all the other legacy airlines used this same process to achieve cost savings and improved financial performance. If the policy at the time was to let bankrupt companies die, AA would be the only legacy standing as the last to file for bk and only once in its storied history (unlike US; between US and AW both carriers have 3 BK on their books). AA did not have a revenue problem it had a cost problem compared to its competitors who shed said costs in bk.