AMR Executives Return To The Trough

As Mike Rowe would say... "Tracking airline stocks.... that's a dirty job....."

Once again, brace yourself for impact. AMR will be paying out bonuses to their executives...

        Open      Open      Open       Close          1 Year     2 Year     3 Year
Symbol  1/3/2005  1/3/2006  1/3/2007   12/31/2007     Change     Change     Change
AAI     10.82     16.26     11.89       7.16           60%        44%        66%
ALK     33.70     35.83     40.25      25.01           62%        70%        74%
AMR     11.65     22.25     30.65      14.03           46%        63%       120%
CAL     13.75     21.27     41.95      22.25           53%       105%       162%
DAL                                    14.89                   
FRNT    11.21      9.20      7.37       5.26           71%        57%        47%
HA       6.80      3.75      4.75       5.10          107%       136%        75%
JBLU    23.20     14.72     14.34       5.90           41%        40%        25%
LCC               37.20     53.89      14.71           27%        40%   
LUV     16.34     16.37     15.46      12.20           79%        75%        75%
MEH      2.94      5.65     11.46      14.80          129%       262%       503%
MESA     8.03     10.51      8.65       3.09           36%        29%        38%
NWA                         14.51                   
RJET    13.50     15.21     16.72      19.59          117%       129%       145%
SKYW    20.10     27.06     25.72       6.85           27%        25%        34%
UAUA                        44.80      35.66           80%        
XJT     12.97      8.15      8.01       2.48           31%        30%        19%

As most of you who know me know, I'm opposed to this plan, mainly because it doesn't go top-bottom, and second, because it's based on stock price alone, and not financial or operational performance. If you've watched the DOT statistics, AMR stinks. And I mean "Dirty Jobs" stinky...