For an airline with Pacific ambition AA has to learn there is a peeking order of internatioal importance.
1. JFK- AA flies to LHR 6 times daily with 777(international chariot of choice). Other important European cities, GRU, EZE and NRT.
2. LAX - with all the transcon flight, this itself is a huge market. LHR(AA's flagship flight from LAX), SYD (QF code-share), HKG (via CX) and no NRT. This should have happened 10 years ago had Crandall not decided to fly from San Jose-NRT(DELTA got the LAX flight).
3. MIA- Since this airport has no Asian connection it prestige is already less then the others. Lets face the fact that South America service to the people on main street is not important. The only real prestige destination here is LHR. Remember NATIONAL airlines from MIAMI, it flew to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and others but never flew to South America or the Caribean (only San Juan was served). Braniff's Latin American service never counted much to the good 'ole boys back in Dallas. I always remeber NATIONAL.
Flying A300, 757 and 737-800's to the Caribean and South America doesn't exite anyone. The glory of watching transpacific flights take-off from LAX remindsme the wonder flight is. Ever watch a South African 747-400 take -off for JHB from JFK using all the runway, AA used to code share this flight before SAA went ot Delta. DFW, LAX, ORD & JFK should be 777 bases for AA. MIA to LHR should be operated as a rotation from LHR as RDU-LGW is flown, a rotation with DFW-LGW. PACIFIC ambition requires prioritizing goals at AA.