Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• This position is a mainline American Airlines role, within the Regional Planning and Strategy organization.

• This team has the unique opportunity to work with multiple groups (both internally and externally) while making decisions that directly improve performance for nearly half of American Airline’s daily departures. The position will be active in examining all aspects of the regional business, including project work covering a wide variety of strategic, financial, and operational analyses.

What you'll do

• Liaise with Network Planning and the Crew Planning teams at each partner airline to improve the flight schedules and help make them more efficient for pilot and flight attendant productivity,

• Drive operational reliability through targeted schedule improvement initiatives,

• Act as the point of contact externally, and source of truth internally, for crew capability information from the regional carriers,

• Lead workforce planning readiness initiatives – as well as tracking and reporting – across the six regional carriers and two ground handlers,

• Develop forecasts and presentations to provide internal recommendations regarding staffing supportability and special programs,

• Lead and coordinate with the Ops Performance & Planning team on deep dive projects,

• Develop competitive industry studies and key performance indicator (KPI) metrics.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Aviation, Finance, or Accounting, or equivalent experience
• At least 3+ years of commerical or operational experience

Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Preferable work experience in Network Planning, Crew Planning, Operations Planning, Financial Planning, Revenue Management, Fleet Planning, etc.
• MBA not required but helpful

Skills, Licenses, & Certifications

• Advanced experience with Excel modeling and PowerPoint presentation development

• Possess sound strategic business analysis acumen with excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills,

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, work under pressure, meet deadlines, and adapt to a changing environment,

• A passion for making things better and an action-oriented disposition.

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: 

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. 
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.