I strongly agree that no compensation is to be expected in this case. AA was acting on behalf on serious safety considerations and you are implying that for some reason they should provide compensation for doing so? Would saving everyone's rearend possibly serve as sufficient compensation?

The only oddity is not dumping the fuel over the Pacific Ocean. It could be that they were not to go over the water (remember that little Alaska Airlines incident last spring?) or possibly that the very strict LA area smog regs would not permit it.