AA does in fact have much better options than LCC like B6, Alaska, and yes DL. US has an inferior route structure, inferior fleet, and inferior premium service compared to AA. US is the trailer park where AA is Buckingham palace. US would be TWA all over again. In fact, it is a carbon copy. Yes, we are in CH-11 but you were twice and have had by far the lowest compensation and the worst work rules among the majors for YEARS. Some US employees make the same as regional employees. Even now we still are amongst the highest paid with excellent benefits with the best scope and work rules with a pension and retiree medical. Yes, we will soon take a huge hit but AA does not want to reduce the rate of pay. If AA had US's labor costs AA would have made billions in profits. AA was able to hold out for 5 years before filing. US came close to liquidating and the only they didn't was because you agreed to work for nothing, thanks for lowering the bar and then having the nerve to rub AA's bankruptcy in the face of it's employees. Most US employees yearn for a merger because they know that their route system and widebody deficient fleet are crap and want to parasitically attach themselves to another airline with a substantail international presence and widebody rich fleet in order to "fix" their putrid careers at the expense of another airlines' employee group. Many US employees have even acknowledged on these boards that US can't afford to give a better contract because of it's limitations but have stated that a merger with AA will allow the combined entity to give them substantial increases basically admitting they would be parasites. Sorry but AA revenues are for nAAtives and nAAtives only. We don't want to give the fruits of our labor via OUR assets to US employees. TWA is one reason why AA is where it is now and combining AA with US would land the "new AA" in bankruptcy again.
