Protectthehornet... all airlines go through rashes of minor stuff like wingtip scrapes, over-rotations/over-flares, etc. The determining factors are whether they make the news or not. I have plenty of friends at all airlines, and trust me when I say that AA is NOT unique to these incidents. If I showed you all the stuff my SWA buds send me, you'd be astonished. They never make the news, that's why you don't hear about it.
We could go back and forth on pilot error stuff. Truth is, all airlines go through it. DAL had two very high profile pilot error accidents before they changed. So did UAL... So did CAL. My point is that, while not defending AA's recent mishaps, they all happen to all airlines. The AA pilot group is as professional as any other out there, including the training. It's just the luck of the draw, which is an unfortunate fact given the thousands of flights flown every day with no incidents.