Originally Posted by
Varsity
AA is not too big to fail. Probably the opposite. It’s assets could easily be sold off and operated by other airlines. Just like the TWA/Pan Am/Eastern assets were. Change the paint jobs, airplane interiors and signs at the airport, no change in service. Especially with ULCC’s becoming major players nationally.
Eastern had a little over 3000 pilots and TWA had a little under 3000 pilots... just for a comparison. Much smaller companies. They had a couple of hundred planes compared with close to a thousand for AA. FWIW