Originally Posted by
airbusflieger
Pilots not participating in TTS is not the problem.
Problem #2 AA mega control freak attitude with Open Time (the daily allowable amount). This derives from a pathalogical need to control and fear. Even though time after time after time pilots prove that more would rather fly than not fly and open time always gets covered. AA is so paranoid they end up carrying more pilots on the payroll. Of course, the other side of this coin is APA's love of featherbedding, but that's another discussion.
This. The control freak mentality in whatever passes for Centerpork these days is rampant. Jealousy, fear and loathing between the workgroups (a Crandall legacy) remains.
Add in "not invented here" and the idea that EVERYTHING at AA is better than ANYWHERE else and you get what you got.