Well, your opinion is your opinion as I patiently await someone who knows what AA is likely to actually do since at the time of the flights there appears to be some distance between the storm and the departure and arrival cities and I don't think they suspend everything in a million square mile area when this happens.

I flew into SDQ when a hurricane was about 120 miles off our wing, to the south and it was bumpy but they didn't ground the planes, although to Jamaica I am sure they did.

I guess the question is, do they leave FLL, maintain some safety margin from the storm and if so how common is that and what have they done before?

The engine falling off was an unreasonable risk issue added to the mix, and really missed the point of the original question which is not all that hard to figure out, and I hope someone will answer it factually.

When they are in the jetstream are they not flying in 200+ MPH winds, in fact intentionally? I am not sure wind in and of itself is a big issue when you routinely fly at 600 MPH.