They have 90 something MD-80's that are headed out to pasture. More 737's to be replacing them. Don't worry they still have plans for the Airbus fleet. The question I have is how will this merger affect US Airways orders for the A350 with all those 787 coming on the property.
January 2013: American Airlines reinstated an order for 130 A321neo's. I think that indicates that American still has plenty of interest in owning Airbus planes.
Another example of the American Way.. Cut Salaries of all its employees, CEO gets a big raise, and they buy more planes while not paying their bills....
Why will they get rid of the A350 in favour of the 787? They are two distinctly different types for different markets. The A350 is a competitor to the 777 which is 'ancient' in comparison. Sounds like a bit of Airbus bashing to me!
Hmm, American Airlines merged with US Air, satisfied their creditors coming out of bankruptcy, bought well over a hundred new planes from Air Bus, and Boeing, but can't afford to pay their pilots a retirement contribution. Their employee satisfaction reports are some of the worst in the world, and each day that is confirmed by the way passenger's are treated on American Airlines. Everybody wants to do business with an Airline that can buy anything except for satisfied employee's.
Now that AA is merging with US, which is am Airbus carrier, I wonder what will happen to the purchase? In my opinion, US based carriers should buy US made aircraft.
Can anyone explain how AA is going to pay the zillions of dollars for 150 or so new planes if they have lost billions in the recent years. I´d assume that some of the new planes will be leased but still those are bills that have to be paid on a timely basis or else. Ah, high finance
new aircraft add value to the company. Aircraft, gates and routes are assets. Maintenance, labor etc are considered liabilities. So to those of you who've adeptly pointed out the labor and pension issues, good points. However, in business the bottom line is the bottom line.
No..It's business. I suppose there are those who believe business exists in some type of symbiotic relationship with the people and communities around it. Newsflash, it doesn't.
I don't think they owe any body anything except the ones that they signed a contract with. They stiffed their creditors. When you screw your partners that is the type of operation that goes broke. Just sayin.
No sin in going broke. I just have an aversion to anything but chapt 7. When you can't live up to your obligations your time is up. That's just me. AA hasn't done anything hasn't already been done. In the long run it stifles new business so we will just continue with more of the same. Again, that's just me, not making any moral judgements.
Look, I am no fan of any business that has a management that makes decisions that turn out to be detrimental to the business as well as employees and most importantly, its customers. AA's issues are self inflicted. Customer satisfaction rates for AA were among the lowest of all US carriers. AA carries one of the highest labor rate burdens. AA's on time performance is abysmal. And that without a large east coast presence which most know can give any carrier fits with weather and sheer volume of traffic. Should AA deserved to go quietly into the night? Maybe. Either way, creditors would not get the full value of their collectibles.
