Wow Snake,
They kinda have us over a barrel, I mean, I dunno about you guys, but if I'm on a plane I have to BE somewhere, and frankly, the hassle of getting arrested etc would probably louse up the end game schedule more than a little bit.
Unfortunately we don't have any real say so in that regard other than to vote with our money. I'd simply write AA and let them know that I spend X thousands of dollars a year on airlines, and I take great comfort in the fact that they will now see not one penny of it from me or any of my teams. Ever.
Which means, realistically, quite a few dollars over the course of a career. Something on the order of a million plus dollars in lost business, and that's a reasonable extrapolation. FAR more than it would cost them to simply apologize and remind their FA's that no clients, means no jobby-poos.
As always, YMMV. But a letter mentioning lost revenue will probably get their attention faster.
Regards,
-Bouncer-