In this episode of Tell Me Why, Devon May, Senior Vice President of Network Strategy, discusses how American Eagle plays a huge role in our operation, how adding service at DFW will help us thrive and why we’re focusing on strengthening our alliance relationships.

In this episode of Tell Me Why, David Seymour, Senior Vice President of Integrated Operations, discusses the importance of staying safe on the job, why it’s critical to align scheduled maintenance with off-peak flying so we have more aircraft available each morning, and the wave of hiring that’s underway in 2019 to support additional maintenance work.

In this episode of Tell Me Why, Kerry Philipovitch, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience, discusses the importance of our performance metrics like the number aircraft out of service in the morning (AOS), right start (RS-0) and turn time (T-0); how following a scripted process will ensure we perform consistently; and why a “back to basics” mentality will ultimately help us succeed, especially in peak seasons.

Check out the latest episode of Tell Me Why with Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)-based First Officer Beth Powell and retired First Officer Brenda Robinson, the first African-American female pilot in the U.S. Navy and also American’s first African-American female pilot to graduate pilot training. Beth and Brenda discuss their passion for soaring above the clouds; the support of their parents to dream big; being the “first” in breaking barriers; and supporting the next generation of diverse pilots.

We’re kicking off season two of Tell Me Why with President Robert Isom. Robert talks about our accomplishments over the past five years, how we’re working toward being as reliable as possible moving forward and what we’re doing to ensure that American thrives forever.