Originally Posted by Wheels up

I agree that it was an act of stupidity for Carty to buy the TWA assets, when the usual modus operandi of AA to buy an airline/assets, then get rid of the aquired capacity was followed yet again. This was a stupendous waste of money for AA, created turmoil in the AA workforce, and was obviously bad in the extreme for TWA and it's employees.

It seems to be the opinion of the employees that TWA could have survived on its own. They should have been given that chance, but, as usual, the big guys made their bundle, then jetted off into the sunset very rich.