Originally Posted by
FWAAA
I'm hoping that with improved cost structure (lower) and better profitability, new AA relaxes the "must touch a hub" rule and starts/re-starts selected point-to-point routes where they make sense (eg BOS-SFO).
Just how much of a cost-structure advantage does the new AA really have given the huge raises for the HP pilots as well as this:
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...nkruptcy.html/
I simply see a number of routes getting the "axe" in the next few years to "rationalize the route system".