American Airlines named Derek DeCross vice president and general sales manager, replacing Kurt Stache who assumes the role of vice president of international

. DeCross will be responsible for "leading American's sales team and for developing all sales policies worldwide," including corporate and travel agency sales, and will report to AA chief commercial officer Virasb Vahidi. Stache will be responsible for "American's business in the Atlantic and Pacific regions," and will report to president Tom Horton.