American Airlines Group Inc (AAL)

[SoundGuy]

The two biggest headwinds for us are debt and labor. Plain and simple. Not fuel.

Why? Because fuel will affect all simultaneously, but labor and debt are up to each airline individually to tackle as their management team sees fit IMHO.

I'm telling you, and I apologize in advance for sounding strident, but the murmurs and grumblings among the labor groups are not good at AAL. Think the stock gets a beating now? Wait til we've got FA's and pilots picketing the major hubs. Not good sir. Not good.

I stand by my post. Doug is showing long term strategy here. It could work. It may turn out to be a lesser of two evils scenario. Especially if we end up seeing the competition mired in labor disputes as we fly merrily along.

That could be one possible outcome of this.