American Airlines News

The aggrieved pilots' union is quietly making its case while American Airlines digs itself further in a whole with angry, disappointed, and soon-to-be-disloyal loyalty members.

Pilots hold a giant trump card in their battle with American Airlines: They fly the planes. And even though cancellations aren't widespread, they're enough to give people a reason not to book American when given a choice.

AA is the first US airline to give all flight attendants a tablet, but it will need more than tablets to improve its recent reputation for flight cancellations and unfavorable labor decisions.

Hipmunk has made its mark among travel search sites in its own right, but Crandall’s expertise should catapult the site forward as it gains more credibility among industry vets and makes further connections with major players.

The layoffs will likely be less than 11,000, but American is using the notices to let employees know the worst-case scenario. Meanwhile, the last holdouts -- the pilots -- are still hoping to get clearance to strike.

Workers knew it was coming, but that doesn't make it any easier to swallow that 15 percent of American's workforce in Miami and Fort Lauderdale will lose jobs. The heaviest cuts set for service clerks and crew chiefs.

There’s (unproven) buzz that pilots, outraged over the airline’s cost-cutting decisions and without the legal right to strike, are engaged in an unofficial sickout that caused 57 cancellations Monday afternoon.

Oneworld is the smallest of global airline alliances so it needs to be flexible in allowing airlines like Qantas to form strategic relationships outside the group to foster growth in the long run.

AA is putting substantial effort into its mobile offerings with its app on more devices than any other airline and as an early adopter of Passbook. It hopes it will pay off with an eventual revenue boost from mobile payments.

The small pilot program gives Samsung Galaxy Note mini-tablets to a select group of 40 flight attendants who will often be asked by passengers "Why aren't you using iPads?"