Well then you are wrong!
Birdman is correct there are numerous X-AA mechs here that started coming here even before the BK. They were just sick and tired of it all. I can also name 6-8 sups that also came from AA, some came in as mechs and some came in as sups. Every single one of them all said they wished they had done it earlier. The biggest and most popular excuse they told me was starting all over again. That is hard to do in a strong union and seniority industry after doing it already for 15, 16, 20, 24 and 28 years. And no, that is no exaggeration, there are guys that I spoke with personally that left AA after 20-28 years. 28 being the highest I have heard of so far. Hell our ND of AMFA had somewhere between 15-20 years when he came over.
It's not all just AA. NW, United, US Air, Frontier, AirTran (prior to purchase) America West, Jet Blue, Spirit etc... After 2001 and the attacks, the entire airline industry saw how SWA kept all their employees, even the ones just hired the week of 9-11. After 9-11 we started getting floods of other airline mechanics from all the other airlines. We still are to this day getting them that want to increase their QOL and work for a very stable co. that better treats their employees rather than face the day to day lay-offs and displacements.
All you AA'ers that are even considering leaving AA for SWA, get a hold of the ones that have already done it and quiz them and ask for their opinions. All of them will tell you they wished they did it a long time ago.
Vortilon, I bet you are kicking yourself for not pulling that trigger to go to SWA.