In a message dated 10/5/2003 6:31:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx writes: << Not profitable enough. One of the major reasons for AMR's purchase of TW was to have an alternate midwest hub to relieve congestion at ORD. Thanks to 9/11 and the success of non-hub carriers, that theory has the same value as the money AMR spent to acquire TW. Ya know what's said about hindsight! >> So basically, AA got a bunch of MD-80s and a few 757s in that deal? How much did they pay anyway?