] While market forces and the mechanisms of its employee ] base buffet American, it seems that Mother Nature also ] has had it in for the airline. ] ] A few days after striking the tentative deals, a severe ] storm hit near American's home in the Dallas-Fort Worth ] area. It left the cities' downtowns mostly untouched, but ] hail nearly the size of golf balls damaged 59 American ] aircraft at the DFW International Airport. ] ] "The bad news is, we had hail damage," Carty joked in a ] recent address to employees. "The good news is that ] according to the Book of Exodus, we missed the Red Sea ] and the plague of frogs. The other bad news is that we ] have locusts still to come." We don't want to know what comes after locusts. Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage |