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LoadMasterC141 · October 19th, 2006, 09:17

It was a very interesting financial perspective on the worlds’ largest airline.

I would have liked to see a bit more from the pilot side; financials, force sizes, etc….

That old coot ex-president with his stupid story made me laugh. How he cut costs at an outstation by replacing the security guard with a guard dog and then putting the dog on “Part-Time”, should have been edited out. It was dumb, and made him look like a total knucklehead. Maybe that is what they were going for.

No matter how you slice it up though, it seems like American as a company has weathered a storm that most of the legacies did not. Would it have been better to raise fares rather than hose the workforce? Who knows. I certainly think it was pretty sly how management still got bonuses after all that.

The most startling 2 things were the differences in fares aboard the plane, and the lack of security on the cargo. I can just see Osama sitting in a cave watching that show thinking “Oh nice! The infidels are not inspecting their cargo on commercial airlines. Mustafah! Bring me some martyrs and lets’ get it on!”

October 19th, 2006, 09:17	#26
LoadMasterC141 Old Skool Join Date: May 2006 Location: Live in Arlington, TX - From Ithaca, NY - Wish I was on an island in Fiji Posts: 1,928	Re: CNBC documentary on American Airlines It was a very interesting financial perspective on the worlds’ largest airline. I would have liked to see a bit more from the pilot side; financials, force sizes, etc…. That old coot ex-president with his stupid story made me laugh. How he cut costs at an outstation by replacing the security guard with a guard dog and then putting the dog on “Part-Time”, should have been edited out. It was dumb, and made him look like a total knucklehead. Maybe that is what they were going for. No matter how you slice it up though, it seems like American as a company has weathered a storm that most of the legacies did not. Would it have been better to raise fares rather than hose the workforce? Who knows. I certainly think it was pretty sly how management still got bonuses after all that. The most startling 2 things were the differences in fares aboard the plane, and the lack of security on the cargo. I can just see Osama sitting in a cave watching that show thinking “Oh nice! The infidels are not inspecting their cargo on commercial airlines. Mustafah! Bring me some martyrs and lets’ get it on!”