When I read the article, the author seemed to be a PR spokesperson for United Airlines. While he was slamming AA for not being able to reduce capacity-- and raise fares-- because of UA's planned 5% annual growth for the next three years. And that in the next recession such a situation would be financially straining for AA. He failed to grasp that UA having much more capacity in the market when that same recession hits, would be even more damaging to UA.