I hadn't heard about timetables, but it looks like AA might be "borrowing" from the twa customer service plan called "Tango" that enabled employees to be more pro-active in dealing with whatever situation should arise. We were givin folders full of specialty coupons and lots of leeway in issuing mileage,drink,food, coupons, etc that were color coded from pink to bright red depending on the customers blood pressure. LOL. It is a great idea to empower the work group to try and solve the problem instead of passing the buck to someone else... It's called ownership.