Q&A With American Airlines’ CEO Doug Parker Before March 31 Retirement

Lee Ann Shay and Doug Parker
Lee Ann Shay and Doug Parker at SXSW on March 17.
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Doug Parker became CEO of America West 10 days before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Now CEO of American Airlines, Parker is set to retire on March 31 in the midst of a pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In short, his CEO career of more than 20 years has been bookended by crises...
Lee Ann Shay

As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week's coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.

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