Will my dream come true? Is this the end of American Airlines?

For a few years now, I have had a strong hate for all of the old school airlines. American and United are at the top of my list of airlines that suck, although I’m probably biased because of their complicity in government shenanigans.

These old airlines fly old planes, have terrible customer service, rude flight attendants, higher fares, and just basically suck. In a time of JetBlue and Frontier, there is no reason at all to fly these shitty old airlines except that they frequently have the most convenient and direct flights. I would argue that a world without American and United would be a better world for all airline passengers.

What will these recent flight cancellations do to American? Certainly they have compromised what little good will they had with their customers previously. And the bad press that they have been getting over these inspections can’t help them convince potential customers that they’re the way to go.

So what will happen here? If things get really bad, are we looking at yet another government bailout for yet another corporation that fucked up? Oh wait, the government already HAS bailed American out just a few years ago. Will they do it again? Will American go under (crossing fingers…)? Either way, I truly hope that I never have to set foot on another American Airlines plane ever again.