American Airlines CEO-designee Doug Parker on Monday
announced the carrier's proposed senior management team, with six of the top
nine executives, including him, hailing from merger partner US Airways. Pending
regulatory and shareholder approvals, the transaction is expected to close in
the third quarter.
US Airways president Scott Kirby will maintain his
title at AA, with responsibilities that include planning, marketing, sales,
alliances, pricing and operations.
Similarly, US Airways alum Derek Kerr will maintain
his role as CFO of the merged carrier. Current US Airways COO Robert Isom will
keep the COO title and also take on the role of US Airways CEO during the
post-close integration phase, when the carriers will maintain separate
operations.
US Airways executive vice president of corporate and
government affairs Stephen Johnson will lose "government" from his
title, and AA alum William Ris will maintain his role as senior vice president
of government affairs.
Other American vets include Beverly Goulet, who will
be the combined carrier's chief integration officer, and Maya Leibman, who will
continue as chief information officer, "responsible for all information
technology systems, including systems development, infrastructure and
planning."
Also part of the senior management team, US Airways'
Elise Eberwein will maintain her roles as executive vice president of people
and communications.
Meanwhile, Dan Garton later this year will leave his
position as president and CEO of AA regional carrier American Eagle, with a
successor to be named prior to his departure.
As previously announced, current AA CEO Tom Horton
will serve as chairman of the board of directors until the merged carrier's
first annual meeting. Parker also will be a member of the board.
The remaining 10 members of the board comprise a mix of
new blood along with former AMR directors and US Airways directors. Among board
members with ties to the travel industry are The Blackstone Group senior
advisor and former Boeing CEO James Albaugh, former Hilton Hotels president
Matthew Hart and Richard Schifter, partner at TPG Capital, which is part-owner
of Sabre.
Regarding the latter, US Airways remains embroiled in an
antitrust lawsuit that it filed against Sabre in 2011. AA, meanwhile, late last
year settled a similar lawsuit with Sabre.