Having flown just about every carrier out there over the past 40 years, I can say I have had at least one major issue with all of them at one time.

That is a bad day.

Only a carry on for a trip to Asia?

To be clear-
I have been a devout AA customer for decades; Admiral’s Club Member; Platinum status; and a shareholder. I have always preferred AA. My biggest beef with them right now is-

They didn’t prepare to resume business post-pandemic like they should have.
Their planes are old and frequently have “mechanical problems.”
They OFTEN overbook (most airlines do this).
I read somewhere that they didn’t maintain pilot re-certs throughout the pandemic, thus causing a bottleneck now.

We got stuck on the plane a few years back cause the latch broke on overhead bin. After an hour of trying to fix it a true genius from maintenance stepped in and duct taped it shut. Everyone clapped and we took off. I hope that guy got a good raise and promotion.

Real American Hero

All airlines have issues occasionally!

At my employer here at Love field,management has offered all overtime at double time pay,in an effort to get enough manpower to handle the heavy work load,they were caught by surprise with the number of people flying post pandemic.
Even with the double pay overtime being offered,they are still way under staffed both,on the ground,and inflight.

Carry on only, one carry on bag and as back pack.

30 day trip to Philippines where its tropical weather. All I need is shorts, wife beaters, T shirts and underwear. I go to pharmacy when I arrive and buy soap, deoderant, toothpaste, etc.

I take my clothes to a Laundry Shop where they wash, dry and fold same day for $1 per 2 lbs. I go about once a week.

Clothes other than shorts, undies, and a t-shirt are optional in the Philippines. That, a bar of soap, and a toothbrush is all one needs.

I avoid American Airlines and all other carriers at DFW airport like the plague. If Southwest doesn't fly there, I'm not going.

I do this for business travel, no need to carry anything in excess. Wrinkles in starched business clothes can be removed by hanging in the hotel bathroom while the hot water shower is run for about 5-10 minutes.

I know there are going to be occasional problems, but what gets me is that the gate agents lie about those problems. AA gate agents are the biggest liars in the industry.

I had a flight a couple of years ago where we weren't boarding on time, and I heard the gate agent tell people 4 different stories. Weather at the destination. Waiting on an inbound flight with lots of connections. Waiting on baggage handlers to pull a passenger's luggage off. They even announced that they were waiting for it to cool off because it was somehow illegal for them to board the plane above a certain temperature (it was about 80 degrees in Florida and a couple of hours after sunset - it wasn't going to get any cooler).

I could see on my phone there was no weather at the destination. There were no additional passengers who showed up at the gate late. The baggage crew was gone. But I could clearly see a team of mechanics running around out there, and I overheard the flight attendants talking about the APU (auxiliary power unit) being down again. That had been the problem the whole time, but they told people pretty much everything other than that it was a mechanical issue.

They couldn't fix it after an hour, so we all boarded the plane that was at the same temperature it had been before, got a push-back, and took off without a working APU.

As a million miler on AA and UA. I prefer to fly Southwest. Extremely polite and professional.

It's all airlines.

Flight from Newark to DFW on United. Storm brewing over DFW and not enough fuel to circle. They diverted us to Amarillo where they said we'd gas and go.
About the time the wheels touch down in Amarillo, they announce the flight crew is over their hours and we'd have to get another crew. De-planed and waited a couple hours for a new crew.
They gave us meal vouchers..which was cool. For the one restaurant in that podunk airport. Thought about renting a car and driving from Amarillo to Dallas. But there wasn't a car rental facility. lol