Originally Posted by sanicom3205

Why is it being billed as negative? Because they said they saw the way to turn this black swan event into a win. They laid out how they planned to capitalize on opportunities on the back side of the pandemic. They then turned around and did the exact opposite of the plan they very publicly laid out. How can you bill that as anything but negative?

Excess bookings due to cheaper airfare than the market demands is a failure, considering there is an entire section of our company devoted to analyzing ticket prices. (but even for that point, you'd have to disregard that airfare was rising for the summer starting months ago). Why are we the only ones in the news for mass cancellations - could it be because we were the only ones who were not prepared? Could being the only major who furloughed play a part?

Just to be clear, you're saying that AA was right in holding off on training pilots so they wouldn't waste money... just in case they had to be the only major airline to furlough ~again~ during the recovery portion of the pandemic? Even in light of the fact that we are cancelling dozens of flights daily in excess of a month due to lack of pilots - even though we have hundreds of pilots who have been sitting home for 8 months on the government's dime?

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it seems like you're defending their actions even though they went the opposite direction of industry peers. We are now suffering due to those decisions, while our peers are now. I guess I'm just interested in how you can possibly see any positives here