American Airlines CEO agrees to meet pilots union over concerns

Feb 7 (Reuters) - American ⁠Airlines CEO ⁠Robert ‍Isom said on Saturday he would meet with the carrier's pilots union as soon ‍as possible, as concerns by aviators grow over ​its handling of a recent storm and company financials.

Isom told Allied ​Pilots Association President Nick Silva in a letter that he and the U.S. carrier's board discussed the union's request for a ​meeting.

"The Board and I are aligned with you in the desire to make American the ​strongest airline possible in every respect," Isom said in the letter reviewed ‌by Reuters.

On Friday, the union representing more than 16,000 American Airlines pilots asked management ​to present its concerns to the ⁠carrier's board of directors.

The request by pilots comes as the carrier is working to ‌convince investors it can narrow a profit gap with rivals and deliver a sustained turnaround. The carrier has ‌also faced criticism from employees over its handling of a January ‌storm that swept the U.S.

"This assessment is not the result of a single interaction with management, an isolated operational disruption, ‍or an individual earnings report; it is the result of persistent patterns of ⁠operational, cultural, and strategic shortcomings," members of the Allied Pilots Association board of directors wrote to the carrier's board of directors on Friday.

(Reporting By Allison Lampert in MontrealEditing by Rod Nickel)

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