Originally Posted by
navydevildoc
Here in SAN, hard disagree. Joining OneWorld was a huge bump in value. Only those that can see the books at AS can determine if it was a dud business wise. But from a passenger perspective, it was a huge win.
As a Shareholder and a Passenger I have to firmly disagree. Stocks are solidly down, almost to Covid lows at this point. Their financials don't actually look all that amazing. Their is a firm lack of long term direction. Ben as bean counter can't focus more than a quarter or 2 out and has not really planned on how he's going to grow the airline other than spending money and buying more planes. As a passenger and FF, their program is turning into a joke. IT investments are clearly lacking still, resulting in a program that may or may not work as designed depending on how the wind blows. While I thought the crew was surly during the VA merger, I'd say the current attitudes are almost worse, again resulting in a subpar onboard experience. About the only damn thing they are kicking ... and leading in is the food catering. Ultimately it comes down to poor management, but the AS of pre merger was much better than what we got from the anchor of AA.