If TULE was a profit center, $500 million worth, and AA is having a hard time finding slots to bring our aircraft to outside venders, who everyone knows will not get the aircraft done quickly or to the standards that TULE would, why isn't AA trying to make money in the MRO world? It seems like AA executives lack vision.
We made money in two years of the last decade and during those years we were doing work for other carriers (Miami Air, North American, Allegiant) with talk of getting some UPS work with lower headcount and keeping OT at a minimum.. Its just an observation of mine but it seems that all of these things started to end when Mr Tom Horton was called on as Chief Purse Strings Officer, after that the money flowed like the Nile.. The money they have spent in the last three years at TULE is in my opinion unbelievable and is probably reflected in their cost analysis before the court which they are using to destroy our CBA..
Did Horton intentionally take us down this road?? IMO Yes..
Did Arpey have a clue? IMO No..