Why did American Airlines stop painting their planes silver (any other reasons beside the reflection)?

Quentin, those airplanes weren’t painted silver—-that was buffed aluminum that gave AA planes their iconic appearance. There were a few exceptions along the way—the Airbus A300 fleet were painted gray, and then later stripped and buffed, but they never looked quite right….didn’t fly quite right, either….but that’s for another thread. (www.aviationrepublic.com) Plus d'info...