Tell Me Why

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S5:E4 — ‘We contribute at such a high level for this airline’ — Franco Tedeschi May 23, 2022

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In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Franco Tedeschi, VP of Domestic Airports and Strategic Partnerships, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications Officer, to talk about the role the spoke and gateway airports play in running a reliable operation. Our spokes and gateways account for about 47% of the airline’s flying each day and play a critical role in achieving our objectives of excelling at the fundamentals and succeeding in DFW and CLT. In fact, 50% of all turns going to DFW and CLT come from the spokes and gateways.

S5:E3 — ‘It’s been an incredible effort to make sure we’re ready for summer’ — JC Gulbranson May 09, 2022

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In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, JC Gulbranson, SVP, Airport Operations, joins Ron DeFeo, Chief Communications Officer, to talk about the incredible work our airport teams have been doing to get ready for summer. We’ve been preparing for summer for nearly a year to get the right people in the right place to support our operation.

S5:E2 — ‘We’re getting back to the fundamentals’ — David Seymour Apr 27, 2022

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In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, COO David Seymour joins Chief Communications Officer Ron DeFeo to talk about our focus on excelling at the fundamentals. The “one team” mentality is pivotal to mastering the turn, which our team does nearly 6,000 times a day, and running a safe and reliable operation this summer and beyond.

S5:E1 — ‘We have an outsized role in the success of our airline’ — Jim Moses Apr 13, 2022

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Have you ever wondered why we do the things we do at American? The Tell Me Why vodcast is a series that gives team members a look at the "why" behind the decisions our leaders make in guiding the world’s greatest airline. In Season 5 of Tell Me Why, we’ll dive deeper into our 2022 goals and objectives so you can better understand how we’ll run a reliable operation and return to profitability this year.

S4:05 — Tell Me Why: “Welcomed as my true, authentic self.” — Molly Wilkinson Jun 23, 2021

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On a recent episode of Tell Me Why – the American Airlines vodcast series for team members that shares the “why” behind the decisions we make – host Caroline Clayton, Vice President of Global Engagement for American, sat down with Molly Wilkinson, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. Molly discusses the importance of Pride Month, American’s long-standing support for the LGBTQ community and the airline’s ongoing advocacy efforts across the United States to ensure all people are able to live as their true, authentic selves.

S4:03 — Tell Me Why: “The vaccines are all proving highly effective” — Jennifer Saddy Mar 10, 2021

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In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Jennifer Saddy, Managing Director, Absence Management, discusses the importance of team members getting a COVID-19 vaccine, the efforts the company is undertaking to help facilitate that and the new incentive program for those who choose to receive a vaccine.

S4:02 – Tell Me Why: “You should be excited about this” — Vasu Raja Mar 10, 2021

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In the latest episode of Tell Me Why, Chief Revenue Officer Vasu Raja explains what our new Northeast Alliance with JetBlue means for our team, the value of codeshares and how the alliance will help American continue to grow in the future.

S4:01 – Tell Me Why: “We’ve set a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050” — Jill Blickstein Feb 12, 2021

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In the Season 4 debut of Tell Me Why, Jill Blickstein, Managing Director of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), explains the strides American made on sustainability in the past year, despite the challenges the company faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, American set a goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and published its strategy for achieving that ambitious goal in a reimagined ESG report. American also took its first delivery of sustainable aviation fuel last year and launched a carbon offsetting partnership with Cool Effect. In this episode, Jill describes the significance of these developments, how they contribute to our long-term vision as a company, and what comes next in our efforts to run a more sustainable airline.

S3E10 - Tell Me Why: “We made improvements not just for American, but for the industry as a whole.” Nov 24, 2020

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n the latest episode of Tell Me Why, two of American’s Boeing 737 experts stop by to discuss the latest as American prepares to return the Boeing 737 MAX to commercial service on Dec. 29. John DeLeeuw, Chair of the National Safety Committee of the Allied Pilots Association (APA) and Chair of APA’s 737 MAX Return to Service Ad Hoc Committee, and Chris Hurrell, American’s 737 Fleet Captain, explain the critical role American’s pilots played in the recertification process, changes as part of the aircraft’s return to service, pilot training and our Tech Ops team’s incredible work to maintain and ready the aircraft.

S3:E6 - Tell Me Why: “It’s a real partnership across so many different groups.” — Jessica Tyler Aug 31, 2020

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In the latest Tell Me Why, President of Cargo and Vice President of Airport Excellence Jessica Tyler talks about the recent blending of the Cargo and Airport Excellence groups into a single team. Jessica discusses how Airport Excellence team members help our frontline team members take care of customers and each other across our network of airports. She also shares how Cargo has been busy ramping up our cargo-only flying schedule since it was introduced in March and why cargo-only flights are so important to our business right now.

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