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How American Airlines Decides Which Flights To Delay And Cancel During Bad Weather

by Gary Leff on February 21, 2023

Feb 21 2023

During a meeting with pilots last week, American Airlines Chief Operating Officer David Seymour reviewed the carrier’s recent performance from the holidays and February storms, noting that “[Dallas – Forth Worth airport] does not deal with ice that well.” DFW is known colloquially as ‘Doesn’t Function Wet.’

Kendall Lock, American’s Vice President for Airline Operations Technology, reviewed how the new HEAT system works to choose which flights to delay in order to end up cancelling fewer trips.

American Airlines Says They Cut Their LA – Asia Flying Because Of Too Much Competition

by Gary Leff on December 17, 2022

Dec 17 2022

American Airlines dropped Los Angeles as its gateway to Asia. The remaining long haul flights American operates from LAX are to joint venture partner hubs – Tokyo, Sydney, and London.

American Airlines was losing money on it’s Los Angeles – Asia flying before the pandemic because, they believe, these markets were too competitive. And South America doesn’t work for them out of LA, either. So they’re focused on domestic flying. That makes their LA-based pilots, who don’t have the opportunities to fly widebodies, unhappy.

American Airlines Tells Employees Their Plans For Boeing 777-200s

by Gary Leff on December 16, 2022

Dec 16 2022

To the extent that American keeps the 777-200s over the long-term they may retrofit the interiors of these aircraft. There’s some chance that United’s big order for 100 firm and up to 200 widebody aircraft from Boeing could take delivery slots that leads to American keeping its 777-200s longer. There’s less opportunity for further replacement.

And already American is talking about keeping (at least some of) its Boeing 777-200s over the long term. At the same time, I’d expect some of the fleet to be retired and those aircraft never to be reconfigured.

American Airlines CEO: On-Time Flights Will Make Our Food Taste Better, Seats Seem Comfortable

by Gary Leff on April 19, 2022

Apr 19 2022

At last week’s American Airlines ‘Crew News’ employee meeting, before taking questions CEO Robert Isom gave a presentation. He lays out that the airline wants to be reliable and make money. They’re focused on Dallas and Charlotte, building out their network, and operating reliably with “simplicity” and at low cost (efficient).

7 Things American Airlines Shared With Employees After Their Earnings Call

by Gary Leff on May 1, 2020

May 01 2020

On Thursday American Airlines spoke to investors and journalists on their earnings call about the financial results during the first quarter and the challenges that lie ahead.

After the earnings call, as they always do, senior leadership at the airline hold a forum where they speak to employees and take questions. Here are 7 of the things they shared during that session, having reviewed a recording of that session.

American Tells Employees: No Refresh of the Premium A321T Cabins, But We’ll Clean Them Better

by Gary Leff on August 27, 2019

Aug 27 2019

Vice President of Customer Planning Jill Surdek addressed the interiors of their A321T aircraft in an employee question and answer session last week.