Wow what a great video. I’m sure there won’t be a devastating tragedy involving one of these companies’ aircraft a few months later that causes all the optimism and excitement expressed in this video come crashing down and cause the entire thing to age terribly.
How? TWA was bankrupt - the TW workers had no real prospects other than unemployment, they had awful planes, routes, performance, technology, if AA had not wasted the money to purchase TW then TW would have gone ch13. In the end the AA purchase was a waste of money for AA
@@cxa340 Guy I am talking about the workers. I've been part of several corporates buy out and mergers... TWA workers was placed at the bottom of the AA ranking....They were lower than new employees at AA in ranking. Even though TWA had to more experienced workers. They did that so they workers would resign.
@@rayj5091 Yes, but the TWA workers should have had no expectation of being placed anywhere else since their company was in bankruptcy. A new hire to AA had better career prospects than anyone at TW who was facing immediate job loss - it would not have been right to allow a worker from the bankruptcy company facing ch13 and liquidation whose career prospects could be counted in months the right to supercede any new hire at a carrier not in bankruptcy
Wish they would have kept the TWA name and ditched American. Then again, it would have been more painful watching TWA turn into a horrible airline, as American has become.😢
Back in the day cause in 1990 when I was in kindergarten my mom was a high ranking crew member and was one of the top crew members to serve the gulf war people and desert storm mainly that
Wow what a great video. I’m sure there won’t be a devastating tragedy involving one of these companies’ aircraft a few months later that causes all the optimism and excitement expressed in this video come crashing down and cause the entire thing to age terribly.
Honestly, given it's luck over the years I'm surprised it wasn't a TWA plane
"More room in coach." Ha! American forgot about that one.
Thanks for sharing. My family members left TWA right before the merger. They went to other airlines.😊
American screwed over those TWA workers
In every way shape and form imaginable
They quite literally screwed over their 747 fleet
How? TWA was bankrupt - the TW workers had no real prospects other than unemployment, they had awful planes, routes, performance, technology, if AA had not wasted the money to purchase TW then TW would have gone ch13. In the end the AA purchase was a waste of money for AA
@@cxa340 Guy I am talking about the workers. I've been part of several corporates buy out and mergers... TWA workers was placed at the bottom of the AA ranking....They were lower than new employees at AA in ranking. Even though TWA had to more experienced workers. They did that so they workers would resign.
@@rayj5091
Yes, but the TWA workers should have had no expectation of being placed anywhere else since their company was in bankruptcy. A new hire to AA had better career prospects than anyone at TW who was facing immediate job loss - it would not have been right to allow a worker from the bankruptcy company facing ch13 and liquidation whose career prospects could be counted in months the right to supercede any new hire at a carrier not in bankruptcy
Wish they would have kept the TWA name and ditched American. Then again, it would have been more painful watching TWA turn into a horrible airline, as American has become.😢
I used to think the same thing about Delta and Pan Am.
for those asking about the song, its a similar tune to coca cola's "always coca cola" jingle
AA sucks. Great video!
Today's "Doug Parker's AA does, but before he ruined US Airways and now American, both were solid airlines.
@@gregorygahris9358don't forget America West
@@gregorygahris9358 That would explain why people keep saying “American Airlines used to be good.”
Back in the day cause in 1990 when I was in kindergarten my mom was a high ranking crew member and was one of the top crew members to serve the gulf war people and desert storm mainly that
@@gregorygahris9358 American Airlines remains all but invincible. But Parker, we can destroy him! THE HEART OSBORNE!, FIRST WE ATTACK HIS HEART!