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WestJet is the only one on the group I'd rate "Awful".  My daughter says the same.  Air Canada was "OK".  I wouldn't put AA so low based on one experience (long flights though).  I had one flight on Alaska that was quite good, a new 737.  

We do prefer Delta for some specific unique reasons.

I rarely fly anymore, is American really that bad?

When I was traveling for work 80% of the time back in the 90s/early 2000s, we flew primarily on AA and I considered it to be the best.

Phew! Atlanta doesn't crack top 50 on 'Dirtiest Cities in America' list | Urbanize Atlanta
Phew! Atlanta doesn't crack top 50 on 'Dirtiest Cities in America' list | Urbanize Atlanta

2024's Dirtiest Cities in America - LawnStarter Blog (wpengine.com)
2024's Dirtiest Cities in America - LawnStarter Blog (wpengine.com)

[th]Overall Rank (1=Dirtiest) [/th] [th]City [/th] [th]State [/th] [th]Overall Score [/th] [th]Pollution Rank [/th] [th]Living Conditions Rank [/th] [th]Infrastructure Rank [/th] [th]Resident Dissatisfaction Rank [/th]
1	San Bernardino	CA	54.90	2	56	207	1
2	Detroit	MI	52.89	19	4	163	5
3	Reading	PA	51.85	14	35	220	2
4	Newark	NJ	50.66	33	11	180	3
5	Ontario	CA	49.02	5	52	206	13
6	Phoenix	AZ	47.82	20	150	1	54
7	Trenton	NJ	47.71	95	14	149	6
8	Las Vegas	NV	46.82	31	110	3	53
9	Houston	TX	46.73	12	115	27	50
10	Baytown	TX	46.67	1	122	84	107

2024's Dirtiest Cities in America

San Bernardino (and other inland CA cities) don't surprise me, especially with the pollution aspect. 

Santa Monica at 36, and ranked 7th-worst for pollution, does surprise me... It's so close to the ocean that I would expect air quality to be pretty good as all the pollution they generate gets pushed inland...

odd that the USA isn't on the list

we seem to get plenty of tourists

We have no issues with them ever. United, to us, is not good. Delta, from here, is always a connection through ATL.

We don't like connections, but depending on where we are going, sometimes we have no choice. RSW is not a hub for any airline. PGD is a semi-hub for Allegiant.

When I used to travel for work frequently, I would always fly Contiental (if possible) as they had a hub in Cleveland, so I could usually get a direct flight wereever I needed to go. I never had any problems with them and they always seemed to accomodate me when issues arose.

Then they merged (swallowed up) by/with United. I didn't care for them as much as Contiental, but they weren't terrible . . . until I lost all of my flyer miles (over 250,000). They did give me a heads up to use them or lose them, but that is about the same time I ended up in the hospital for a couple of months and wasn't able to travel until after they expired. 

I probably could have used miles for one of our r/t tickets to Ireland, but figured I'd just bite the bullet and pay out of pocket for both. I'll wait until another trip where we can use them to cover both tickets. 

Back in the day I was regularly traveling >25K / year on American, and then a bunch of regional on Southwest, pretty much all for work. The pandemic, my industry's struggles from mid'22->end'23, and moving to a new role where I'm not directly customer-facing on a daily basis (although I still do interact with them) has largely put a stop to business travel. I do suspect now that our industry has recovered that it'll start again, but it won't be as much for me personally as it used to.