Originally Posted by
bababouey
it’s not just Ord. We get killed in nyc and lax too, mgmt has admitted that. We essentially have 2 hubs that make money, a few that are good seasonally, and losers. We are dead last or near the bottom in every tangible metric. I’m concerned about union happenings too, but I don’t think guys understand just how far behind U and D we are.
JFK and LAX have their places, they do hub to hub and serve major markets but running a connecting hub out of either is really stupid, especially for AA there shouldn't be anything smaller than a 319 at any gates there. If we didn't have the America West mentality we would be going after our strengths, which is Latin America, Caribbean and Mexico. Why we aren't using those new super duper 321xlrs to fly Miami to every mid-sized to large city south of the Equator I won't understand. In many markets we would be the only option to north America and beyond. Why we aren't doing LAX or ORD to south America either? I guess being the 4th or 5th airline to fly NYC to Dublin is the way to go. But what do I know maybe the economy in South America is just that bad.
and APA is just a management training program.