Hearing the other side of the arguement only helps when the other side has a valid point. Thus far, anything the PDP has put out is pure rubbish. These guys have their head way too deep in the sand to figure anything out, unfortunately, their type of thinking is quiet common at AA. However, the current APA leadership doesn't really give me a warm and fuzzy either since it seems our leader is more interested in running the company instead of worrying about the pilot group.
As for the assumption that TWA would be out of business, it's a pure assumption and I guess we will never know. Now if one makes the assumption that TWA would have been out of business, then one would also have to make the statement that the 2891 furloughs would have all come from the ranks of AA, so the junior folks should really be thankful that AA did buy TWA, as they were shielded from loss of employment.