"The state TWA was in"?
You mean the 'state' AA, UA and US are in RIGHT NOW? AA will be the next victim to join other bankrupt US carriers, so what then?
Nobody has a sense of entitlement here, 411A, and nobody knows how their career will turn out until they hit age 60.
AA's current stock rice, $2.90 per share, amounts to a market cap that is LESS than the $750 million AA paid for TWA. Nothing gives AA the right to furlough only TWA people and not junior, new-hire AA people.