Airline Emerges From a Poorly Managed Weather Crisis and Financial Quarrels The CEO of American Airlines has caved, agreeing to meet face-to-face with the airline’s pilots’ union over concerns regarding the company’s operational reliability and long-term direction. While a period of battling winter storms added fuel to the fire, the Allied Pilots Association, which represents more than 16,000 American pilots, assured that its worries go well beyond a single bad month.
