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Old May 17, 2015 | 7:34 pm
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Originally Posted by rjw242
So, bearing in mind that I'm not necessarily defending AA here -- what on earth is this hatchet job? Leading with a statement of fact that flyers are "avoiding" AA, "proving" this with a few anecdotes and misrepresented statistics ("third most complained-about airline" but no context about passenger numbers; below-average satisfaction score but no indication of the significance of this), and then admitting at the end that AA's profits are sky-high so maybe people aren't actually avoiding it?

I don't care a whit about AA's good name or lack thereof, but this article offends my sense of basic reason.
It's definitely a slam against AA. Perhaps the writer must have been bored, or had a recent bad experience with AA?

As you also noted, he even cites that AA ranks third in customer service behind United and Frontier in DOT complaints... Why not pick on them???

Cheers.

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