Originally Posted by
Dunkin
The best case scenario for AA is to merge with Alaska/Hawaiian after they complete their merger and invest a lot of $ into the product, that airline has a chance of competing with the other two. As a standalone carrier AA will always be a distant third.
The problem is the same management team for almost 10 years now has chased the schedule over profits. We have a much higher CASM compared to Delta and United because of our large RJ operation combined with lack of available premium seating—again when compared to DL/UA.
It’s not that difficult to see where this management team f*cked up. Delta started reducing their RJ fleet—both revenue and margins increased. United copy and pasted—revenue and margins increased.