NAACP Says Advisory Triggers More Stories of Racial Mistreatment; American Airlines to Meet With Group

A travel advisory warning black Americans about the risk of “disrespectful, discriminatory or unsafe conditions” on American Airlines has sparked new dialogue about increasingly tense U.S. race relations and about growing consumer frustrations with treatment by the nation’s airlines.Within hours of the NAACP’s warning posted Tuesday night, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker sent a note to it’s 120,000 employees saying the airline does not tolerate discrimination.He expressed disappointment about the travel advisory, but said the airline supports the mission to remove barriers of discrimination. “That’s a mission that the people of American Airlines endorse and facilitate every day,” he said in the letter to staff. “We have reached out to the NAACP and are eager to meet with them to listen to their issues and concerns.”The NAACP said “wheels are in motion” to set up a formal meeting with the Fort Worth-based carrier soon.  Continue reading...