Skift Take
Horton may not have employees or consumers on his side, but the numbers have kept American from turning into such a mess that it wouldn't be in a good position to be acquired.
American Airlines' CEO acknowledges that passengers have had a rough few weeks on the airline but says the carrier is working through its issues.
"The operational performance is improving," CEO Tom Horton said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday. "We'll get past this just like other airlines before us have."
The airline, which has been in bankruptcy protection since November, saw its on-time performance drop to 59 percent in September, according to Flightstats.com. In that same period Delta, Southwest and U.S. Airways were all above 85 percent. The airline has blamed the delays on pilots writing up extra maintenance requests as part of an unsanctioned job action.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="700"] American Airlines CEO Tom Horton
