It is my evaluation of this incident and AA's position.
But - fair point - to be practical ... my response was to take my ~75k miles per year to another airline. Rather than proclaiming that there's nothing to be done and accepting poor service, spend your money at companies that value your business.
This is all you needed to say back several posts ago.
If AA sets a T-60 bag drop policy and DL is at T-45 and all other factors (price, convenience, thread count of the hot towels) are the same, you should fly DL.
This becomes a bit harder when there are trade-offs. Would you trade a shorter bag drop for a better quality hot towel?