I agree it MAY not happen for a while but we all hope it will.
The point made was why when people go via other hubs,
AMS,CDG,LHR then onwards to USA/CANADA.
This is very true but WHY SHOULD WE?
Loads of people fly daily via these hubs to the USA and I'm sure if we did have a link to a USA hub on the east coast it could work.
Airlines don't want to take the risk of making a small profit when they can make slightly more flying half empty planes from heathrow but they have the business class pax there.
Same story as easyjet more money to be made from the south.
Delta could work from NCL even a codeshare with virgin holidays then there is a brand that is well know in the UK too.
Surely there hasn't been a lot of change in the market since AA planned it.
They knew there was a market then just the cost of fuel stopped it. Fuel is now less or more level now then back then so maybe we aren't too far away !!