Flew AA after almost 10 years for the first time last weekend MWA-STL-DFW-SEA. I am so glad that I am sticking with United. Here are highlights of my trip: - I tried the purchase ticket through their reservation phone number as I had no internet access. I called them Saturday night, Sunday morning for the Sunday afternoon 2:20 pm flight from MWA. In both cases AA didn't issue the tickets. I eventually purchased the ticket online at the FBO where the plane I was delivering to its new owner was parked. The print out said "purchased" on it but AA still charged me $15 per ticket because their reservation system still didn't issue the ticket. I fly mostly United, occasionally Southwest and Alaska group, none of these carriers have this kind of BS. - The reservation agent on the phone wouldn't sell me MWA-STL-DFW-SEA and said "Why would you want to add another leg?. You can leave 4 hrs later and catch the 8:20 pm STL-SEA non-stop. It doesn't make sense to me".. This was the first time I was judged by a res agent. I tried to expain the situation to her that we flew for 3 days in a small aircraft and we just wanted to get back home and we were airplane nuts , we wouldn't mind flying an extra leg. Her response was "it still doesn't make sense to me".. I just hung up on her.. - I missed the MDs. I love these airplanes. We were in row #24 in an MD82 and it was still a lot more quite than an aircraft with engines under the wings. - DFW-SEA flight was 4 hrs and 10 minutes. The food they served was crAAppy snAAcks, extremely unhealthy stuff. In United you can buy salad, wraps, etc. for a flight this long.. The service level in AA is nothing but crAAp. The airplane was an ex TWA 757, you could see it from the engines and catering carts. - they had one movie that they charged $2 for the headset for. - No MRTC, everything is LRTC now. Southwest had more room in their 737s compared to AA's 757s. Heck, the Archer I delivered from SEA to MWA had more room compared to any airliners. Baha