Originally Posted by
Archiee
As long the paychecks keep coming who cares?
At this point it would do AA some good to use the retirements to realistically align the airline and bases that should be dehubbed like JFK, ord and lax.
AA should play to it's strengths in dfw, dca, phl, Mia and phx and dump the places it struggles in. Jfk, lax and ord are money losing pits that do nothing but cannibalize resources that could be used for the more profitable hubs.
Would also solve the issues of a/c deliveries. aa is not like delta or United, AA is more like the old USAir. A full service Lcc.
JetBlue is doing the same thing and it's working.
JB is on the verge of following Spirit down the toilet. Just took out a high internet $3B loan to keep the place afloat. They're burning the furniture now. Not a good example of what to do.
Dehubbing JFK, ORD and LAX is asinine. All we would be doing is giving up the few remaining high value customers we have to United and Delta. It's not all about Joe Sixpack in Philly who wants to fly to FLL a few times a year.