American Airlines CEO meets with Trump to discuss how to improve air traffic control

Travel Weekly by Northstar
Robert Silk
13 February 2025

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom met Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in the Oval Office. 

The meeting came two weeks after the Jan. 29 collision of an American Eagle regional plane with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, which killed all 67 people on the two aircraft.

According to a statement from American, the three men discussed ways to make investments in a state-of-the-art air traffic system to enhance aviation safety. 

The National Transportation Safety Board has yet to release preliminary findings on what caused the Jan. 29 crash. The NTSB has revealed that the Reagan National air traffic control tower showed the helicopter as being above its flight ceiling of 200 feet. 

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