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As flight attendants at American Airlines continue to fight for a new contract, it appears that some are consciously engaging in “self-help” by deliberately denying pre-departure beverages to first class customers with the justification that they are insufficiently paid for their time. Flight Attendants At American Airlines Skipping Pre-Departure Beverages In “Self-Help” Move In the […]

American Airlines passengers reacted angrily to a string of mechanical delays in Miami which ultimately took over 21 hours to resolve, with chaos being reported onboard to Santiago, Chile. Once again, the root of the problem is communication. American Airlines Mechanical Delay Made Far Worse By Lack Of Communication On August 30, 2022, AA957, set […]

American Airlines continues to cancel flights, having cancelled another 110 flights this morning, as it addresses operational difficulties surrounding 737 pilots. American Airlines Cancels Flights The Wall Street Journal offers a headline that “American Airlines Cuts Some Flights to Avoid Potential Strains” but the strains are already present, both on operations and the thousands of […]

American Airlines’ plan to cut service to 15 cities in October was perfectly reasonable…except for the fact that it was not legally permitted to cut two cities on the list. Surprise, surprise…American now says it will continue to serve those cities. American Airlines Won’t Cut Service To Three Cities…For Now Last week, I wrote about […]

The Wall Street Journal recently published its annual “best and worst” airline list and once again, American Airlines is at the bottom. Is this a fair assessment of world’s largest airline by passenger traffic? What I like about the Wall Street Journal report is that subjectivity, beyond choosing which parameters to include, is removed. There […]

A diplomatic warning from pilots at American Airlines should be taken very seriously by upper management. As of January 1, 2020, AA pilot contracts became amendable. This means that the existing contract is still in force, but can now be modified. With AA profitable, pilots are expecting healthy pay raises and other benefit increases. A […]

“Once I stopped worrying about my career, my career took off.” So says Doug Parker, the CEO of American Airlines. In a wide ranging interview with the New York Times, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker offered extended thoughts on the 737 MAX and a detailed history of his career. He also offered some career advice. […]