We can see this almost monthly/annually, with many incidents/accidents aplenty.
Cali, Colombia was the absolute final straw...IF I had been in charge of the FAA at that time, their operating certificate would have beeen withdrawn, pronto.
Cali was the "final straw"?
Seems to me the 1995 Cali tragedy was the first fatal accident had since the Chicago DC-10 crash in 1979.
16 years without a fatality. At the time it was one of the longest runs a Major had without a fatal accident.
Criticism of AA or any other airline for the benefit of learning to improve our industry is accepted and shouldn't be infringed. 411A's track record
for years on PPrune has been one of vile contempt for any US Major carrier and especially AA. A few years ago, a retired AA pilot who had been a well respected Chief Pilot, was tragically killed in a light twin accident along with another AA pilot. 411A in true disgusting and revolting fashion castigated them immediately for the accident before their bodies had even been removed from the burning wreckage.
It's pure scum mates. The record exists on Pprune.
Sorry for the dust up.