Here is what else the said HORTON wanted to do, another reason DP was wanted by the LAA unions:

“To stay in the game, AMR executives say they need to cut annual costs by $2 billion, with $1.25 billion of that coming from reduced labor costs, including a 15% work force reduction”

Remember Horton wanted to shrink to profitability and RIF 15% of the pilot workforce? American needed size and they needed US!

Wow, I’m surprised at the short memory flytolive has.