[eAAgleguy]

Dixter, are you a pilot? Have you had any training as a pilot? What was the weight of the aircraft that day? What flap setting was used? What was the temperature? What were the winds at the altitude your complaint was made? What were the winds on the ground? How exactly do you know the difference between thousands of feet of altitude without an altimeter? You say you almost crashed...if you were "several thousand feet too high" what did you almost crash into? The pilot increased the altitude aggressively...you do realize that you have to pitch up to get away from the stuff you crash into, right? And you do realize that there are mountains all around the SJC and SAN airports, right? Personally I would appreciate the pilot looking out for me and climbing quickly away from the mountains.

Aviation is filled with humans who are capable of making mistakes. Whether it was ATC or the pilot or someone else who messed up (if someone did mess up), be happy that they didn't try to salvage the approach and end up sliding off the far end of the runway. Maybe the pilot was flying differently to get you and everyone else to SAN quicker.

Don't fly SW or don't get on a late airplane next time. If you decide not to fly SW, please don't fly AA because I don't want to have any chance of running into a passenger like you. You're the type of person who will ask if it's really safe to go like we're going to do something to risk not getting home to our family at the end of our trip (there's no eye-rolling emoticon).

Please don't try to speak intelligently about something of which you have ZERO knowledge. If you're uncomfortable with what the airplane is doing, just flex your stomach like you did when you'd get beaten up in high school.