Originally Posted by
PV_Premier
It's no wonder that the innovation capabilities of airlines is so limited given that they just trade around executives like they are baseball cards.
AA's meat of the business is to fly 343,000 lbs metal tubes, which have a 48,000 gallons fuel tank that is burnt in order to be able to fly from point A to point B.
Flying means being cramped in a metal tube for hours, not matter how many MBA's in their 20s you bring in to innovate.