To me it all screams reactionary.

During the domestic travel boom following COVID, they try to appeal to the low cost customers. Make the service as cheap as possible in order to offer the lowest price possible. Now the money is in the premium market, they now react to that. By the time we actually dig out of the hole to get money from the premium side of the business, bet that will start to weaken like domestic travel has.

AA is a rudderless ship with no vision, taking it where ever the wind blows. But since it is such a big ship with small sails, it takes the wind forever to get it to change direction and gain momentum. So by the time that happens, that wind dies.

Unlike what WiFi will accuse me of, I still care. I do my best with the resources I have been given. Want me to SET more? Give me more MAX's. I have SET the NG's and according to the CEFA app, it barely makes a dent given how long and how high I need to keep the running engine at to get moving or accelerate up hill. I want us to succeed and haven't given up. But that is how I see AA right now under current management.

I am not sold on how Kirby is viewed. I still see United's success as mostly Oscar's credit. Kirby is just good enough to take what Oscar gave him to keep it going. I am not confident that Kirby would have made AA a financial powerhouse if he was chosen over Isom. He would maintain course here just like he has maintained course at UAL.