Originally Posted by
jordyn
Nice strawman.
Since AA consistently ranks as the worst of the majors in on-time performance, OP is raising an entirely reasonable concern. Sure, maybe there's nothing AA could have done better, but maybe they screwed up and could have fixed the problem overnight without incurring a delay as well. Obviously none of us has complete information, but looking at the overall stats this is an area where AA is far from perfect.
Strawman? Huh? Certainly you can understand a joke such as what you're quoting.