Khadija Saeed

American Airlines’ pilots union chief is calling attention to United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby’s abandoned merger pitch, saying it’s the kind of decisive thinking American needs. That move, according to Allied Pilots Association President Nick Silva, has shifted what was a stalled idea into a new point of leverage inside American. Silva told members the union’s open to “any path forward” that makes the company better, but as Reuters noted, the group hasn’t thrown its weight behind merging with United.