American Airlines

Pros: the headset channels have good music.
Cons: The attendants have no idea what they're talking about.

My mother religiously used American Airlines to fly back and forth to Dallas while attending grad school. She got lots of frequent flyer miles and lots of really bad packages of peanuts.

So, when flying to San Francisco last summer, I decided...

Pros: Some really great people
Cons: Poorly run airline

I'm required to do a lot of flying with my present job, thus I get to know all the quirks of all the airlines pretty well. Most of the airlines are pretty equal all around but there are a couple that just make a habit out of making life miserable for...

Pros: Keep those roomy seats the way they are!
Cons: Get a pizza slice at airport -- AA food is for the birds

Recently, I flew from San Jose, CA to Providence, RI...

Or, I should say that I _tried_ to fly three times, and succeeded on the third attempt.

First, let us give credit where it is due.

The seats with the extra legroom...

Pros: Cheap Fares
Cons: Incompetent Pilots

My first trip with American Airlines was my last trip. Disregarding the horrible service, the captain of the flight didn't even know where we were supposed to be heading. We were suppose to be heading for Iowa City, Iowa, but we ended up half way...

Pros: probably won't crash or anything
Cons: somewhat raggedy

American Airlines tries, and they certainly do not mean to be ill, but they are making mistakes and are on the wrong side of the good/bad flying experience.

AA has quite a few old 727 type airplanes from the 1970s. They have some surly and...

Pros: They do feed you.
Cons: They are rude.

Everytime I have flown on American Airlines flighta I have had the rudest flight attendants I have ever met. Not only do they take forever when you push the call button but when they get to you they act like they are too busy to help you. Now I am sure...

Pros: Legroom, Quick turnaround, No guessing
Cons: Undersold flights due to lack of marketing

I regularly travel the New York - St. Louis - Los Angeles corridor on business. Being in St. Louis, I've spent more than 250,000 miles on Trans World (TWA) over the past couple of years in my career, on non-stop flights to New York or to L.A. from St....

Pros: None
Cons: They suck

Overall experience with the airline? In 2 words it sucked
Destination Springfield mo. from Tampa via Dallas ft worth and back.

1) They lost my luggage and it took a day and a half for them to deliver it.
2) They canceled the return...

Pros: American Eagle jet service
Cons: American Eagle propeller plane service, gate D10 at Miami Airport

On 1/12/00, I flew with my parents from Cleveland to Miami and then changed planes to go to Orlando. We flew with this airlines as we had vouchers from a previous trip last year, or else I would have booked us on Continental. The purpose of the trip...

Pros: Fairly accurate departure times
Cons: Customer service needs a major overhaul

I travel quite frequently in my profession, and I have experience with numerous airlines. (To be fair, I have flown TWA much more than other airlines, since there are so many direct flights on TWA out of St. Louis). For the past month, I have flown...

Pros: more leg room
Cons: none

Okay, so American Airlines is taking out some of their seats to give travelers more leg room. Good for them!! But....so did TWA years ago, and it was great until they replaced the removed seats without any fanfare. I really hope that American Airlines...

Pros: Great service for companny employees
Cons: Delays

This airline is always blamed for being late, being delayed on the runways and customer service. Well the waiting at the runway at times might be true but only because the airline has grew so much that it has too many planes that the modern airports...

Pros: Years of experience
Cons: Cookies are not for everyone

This past fall my sister and I flew on American Airlines and one of it's affiliates to Hawaii. (See "Better Late Than Dead") Although it really was not a "nightmare" trip, it could have been better. This December I was able to give...

Pros: arrival/departure times, comfort, crew
Cons: pricier than competition

Come on folks, let's face it. Just because you had a bad experience with a grumpy flight attendant, it doesn't make the "airline" bad. It makes the attendant bad. Now, if you've had four or five bad experiences, was it the attendants, or was...

Pros: Lots of Legroom in coach, Well Trained Staff
Cons: No direct flights from ATL to SJC or SFO, oh well, can't have everything

This will be the second time I review AA- It deserves all the raves I'm giving them!

The one thing that makes them such a standout is the legroom- tons more legroom than any other airline. If your on a limited budget like me, but still do a...