Originally Posted by BrickTamblin

All I said was I left and I was happy with my decision. He essentially said I was dumb for doing that. He’s also on SW and other airline threads touting the awesomeness of AA.

It wasn’t really a “ballsy” move, IMO it was the smart one. Especially if you value stability and can overlook the shiny object of massive retirements. You can look at almost any 25 yr period at AA and see the bumpy ride pilots have had.