Former American CEO Doug Parker Steps Down As Chairman

Under Robert Isom it seems AA has done more of the forward leaning changes as an airline. Things like loyalty points and alliances with Alaska and JetBlue. It also seems as operational reliability has been much better during the last year. Don’t take me wrong, there is is still a lot to improve with AA, but it does seem as some improvements are happening and innovation is taking place.

Lord Dougie will be missed. I hope he gets a big pension. At least 10 million for life.

A lot has happened since he stepped down and Robert isom and vasu raj sinunu stepped in. Why in the world would you form alliances with Jet Blue and Alaskan ? And the laughable international routes attempted ? Where should I start ? Tel Aviv , Athens , Dubrovnik , Keflavik, New Dehli ,…….

First class should have been abolished a long time ago. Especially on the transcon and more premium economy and less business class seats on the wide bodies to increase the seat capacity per aircraft. They’ve gone and done the exact opposite. Revenue out the window with these new 70 business class seat configurations. Laughable.

Greg Smith was CFO of Boeing from 2011-2021, during the entirety of the MAX debacle and 787 production issues. Great. I also wonder if we're going to see a preference for Boeing over Airbus for future orders. It almost seems like a conflict of interest to have a former manufacturing exec as an airline chairman, unless he recuses himself from purchasing decisions? Also curious about his stock holdings.

A non-exec Chairman would not be involved in purchasing decisions. At least shouldn't be. That is management's role. It would be different if he were Chairman and CEO. And so many CEO's, CFO's, etc. serve on other boards. Multiple boards. Owning stock Boeing and serving on AA's board is not a conflict. Maybe it should be, but it is not. A du Pont once was president of GM and CEO/Chairman of du Pont at the same time. And of course du Pont was a huge supplier of paint to GM. These "conflicts" are nothing new.

Is it like two students who both received grade E are praising each other for not getting an F?

Re stock questions: I think we should start with insider trading for the policy makers in D.C. and the scam there.

Nice guy. Catastrophe as a manager, along with the rest of the America West posse.

Doug Parker should have been kicked out long ago.

Thank goodness! Please right the ship of this once great and iconic airline! The company has been ruined and almost to beyond repair!

Post the Dougie Parker departure we are left
With (quick takeaway)
tiny hard seats
Horrible cramped bathrooms for midgets
Miserable employee morale
Lousy customer relations
To many Boeing max jets to crash
Horrible premium cabin with inedible food
Over priced award redemption & now so called dynamic pricing
Subpar lounges with dog food that are mobbed
Can American still be saved? Or is the new boss the same as the old boss?Or yet worse
I left for another airlines despite 20 years of heavily spending in the past and lifetime status which is a big yawn due to many added tiers
Sad really

Maybe they should have hired Trump.

At least he can reuse his MAGA policy with the airline.

All I know is that American’s merger with US Airways turned them around 180 degrees from being an amazing airline to one whose service on the ground really became deficient. My preferences are now to avoid AA air at all possible. If I want to be abused as a human being, I’ll travel on them. Delta and United are doing a much better job of customer handling.

The MAX orders did not come from Parker. The MAX orders have been there since the Horton days. And besides that, the MAXes are safe now.

"next level of excellence!"

Maybe I missed it, but did you mention AMEX platinum purchase protection program an extended warranty? Those can be worth a significant amount of money for high dollar purchases.

Correct conclusion…., both cards complement each other.

Oops. Sorry wrong post.

Yikes! The guy who oversaw manufacturing during the MAX disaster … now failing up as chairman.