It’s adorable, really.

Poor Tim W. His phone’s gonna be covered in ear sweat today.

James, you bet, pookie.

Tim W., in Leading Off, I made a cost-saving suggestion for AA regarding Waco flights. You just need some old Army planes and some parachutes.

About getting laid off from American Airlines?

For my drink?

And the witty repartee flows like airline booze on the red-eye flight.

Kudos to Tim W. for hanging in there with a graceful sense of humor. I flew too long and too much with your employer under the Crandall and Carty regimes to ever fly AA again, unless I’m drinking heavily while accompanying my out-of-control child. Nonetheless, there are a few of you there who manage to rise above with panache. Keep up the good work.

So I assume Tim W. works for AA? Did I miss something?

Yeah, as a spokesman, there’s so much to be thanklessly explaining for the last few months, and every day those hits just keep on a-comin’. (For The Record swallows his AA cynicism long enough for a properly manly, group hug; dissolve to happy kids skipping down the sidewalk, sounds of cheery elevator music, etc.)

Yes. Take me with you.

Don’t fly on United! That’s just silly. If you’re going to let anybody abuse your body, mind, and wallet, you should at least keep your money here. In Chicago they’ll just spend it on tofu “foie gras” and hot dogs with all sorts of grotesqueries on top. These are the guys whose post-bankruptcy business plan was based on $50 oil - and it was already $55 at the time. My proposed new slogan - “We’re not perfect, but we’re not United.” Huh, whadya say?

Well, I’ve had it with all those rotten ol’ b**** at AA (sorry, not you..I don’t know you) but I used to fly so much, I can’t remember the last time I’ve flown into DFW and was able to pull right up to the gate. Now every time you have to wait 20+ mins for a gate, when you parked right in front of it. I’m always like, “Hello…where you not expecting us?” I figure since United is in one terminal, I’ll always take out of and return to the same terminal. I heard their food is better and they without fail give “pre-flight” drinks in first. I’m big on that one. I’ve been Plt. on AA for years and it’s time to see what else is out there. Now, I may be back, but everyone else is goanna have to suck REAL bad.