AA hasn't had an international mindset in some ways (mainly onboard product), but make no mistake, it's ludicrous to say they have no international experience, and don't know how to provide an international onboard service experience.
They might not offer the "visual" experience some carriers do with their "fire 'em by the time they're 25 or fat" hiring standards, but the experience in F on the 777 is as good as I've seen in my travels on Asian and European carriers.
yea like Braniff International mainly in Latin America and started with Europe, before Aa played games with reservations.
yea like Eastern Airlines. after the fire sale at BI for the SA routes. then the fire sale at Eastern Airlines with the hands of freake Frank L.
Oh, please... I just ate breakfast.
Go look at Braniff's debt to income ratios for the 1970's. All those Easter egg 727's and big orange 747-200's and 74SP's is what killed them, not a couple of allegations about AA booking up a few flights and having hundreds of no-shows...
And Eastern? I suggest you go look at any number of books on the topic to see their financials from the pre-Lorenzo era.
What the perpetually ignorant always overlook is one usually doesn't have a fire sale before your building burns down.... It's a measure of last resort to try and monetize what few assets (damaged or not) didn't get consumed.
By the time the LatAm routes were sold by both BN and EA, mortal damage had already been done to the respective companies.