American Airlines vs. the world

The neighborhood bullies are at it again.
Just as earnings reports come out and American Airlines, doing the worst of all domestic airlines, tries to blame everyone else; GDS costs, fuel, labor, old jets, etc etc etc...... and travel agents are somehow reducing their income as well. That is a first I heard of a sales force reducing revenue. Interesting theory.
They have threatened other on line travel booking engines & GDS's (travel agencies) with a myriad of anti competitive tactics.
In a recent lawsuit against Orbitz, (AA seems to have an active legal division)........

The following statement by Orbitz Worldwide is in response to a lawsuit filed in Texas by American Airlines against Travelport and Orbitz:

“American Airlines’ baseless claims against Orbitz are the latest in a series of tactics to force Orbitz to adopt an airline ticket distribution model that limits consumer choice and inhibits competition.

It is important to keep the facts straight. American Airlines made the decision to play the role of the marketplace bully and pull its fares from Orbitz. Having failed to force Orbitz to adopt unproven technology that does not meet the needs of our customers, American Airlines is now resorting to groundless litigation in a desperate attempt to revive an unsuccessful strategy.

The unfortunate truth is that American Airlines is attempting to deprive consumers of the ability to compare prices across competing airlines.

When you fly you have a choice. Exercise it! Look at the providers and please do business with the ones that are not an evil empire (or at least a lesser evil than others)