A friend of mine who flew American Airlines

[malaise]

had a three hour delay and then wait for it - a brand new A321 replaced his aircraft.
Boeing hurt their own cause - AA is maxed out.

[dhol82]

1. Sorry, call me an airhead but I don't understand the comment.

How is AA maxed out?

[Foolacious]

2. A pun?

"Maxed out" as in out of the 737-MAX flying business.

[dhol82]

3. D'uh

Call me an airhead.
I can deal with it.

[malaise]

4. Yep

Greed destroys

[onenote]

5. I had 3 hour delays waiting for replacement aircraft long before the Max was grounded.

[malaise]

6. We have all had delays

My friend was merely pointing out that the replacement aircraft was a spanking new A321.
It is true that AA has Airbus aircraft among its fleet (mostly from United's fleet) but but generally AA supported Boeing. He sent me a note because in his view the madness at Boeing will have serious long term consequences. Greed kills.

[DFW]

7. The Boeing fiasco has severely damaged AA at the DFW airport, which AA practically owned

Delta, which all but pulled out of the DFW market years ago, has returned with a large and growing presence, partially because AA doesn't have the planes to fill their slots (they had been counting on the 737 Max to be certified by now), but also because they are just a better airline.

[malaise]

8. I agree with you

Delta is way better

[roamer65]

9. A321's are reliable planes. I have no problem boarding one.

Hi, malaise and happy holidays.

[malaise]

10. Same here

You know what makes me really sad - the fact that business school and marketing folks are over-riding engineers. It will lead to many deaths.
There is no bottom line when it comes to safety.

Hi there - happy holidays to you and yours.

[Recursion]

11. The A321 is one of the best planes in service today

Honestly that's probably Airbus's best product.

[winstars]

12. The A321-T that AA uses from LAX to JFK has a biz class seat thats better than most first class seat

[malaise]

13. And you should know

Happy Holidays