Don Carty
Don Carty
Donald J. Carty, OCis a Canadian businessman who serves as chairman of Virgin America, Porter Airlines and eRewards. In addition to these chairmanships, Carty is also a director of EMC Corporation, Dell, Barrick Gold, Talisman Energy, CN Rail, and Gluskin Sheff. He was previously chairman and chief executive officerof AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, from 1998 to 2003. Carty is a past director of Hawaiian Airlines, Sears, Placer Dome, CHC Helicopters, and Brinker. He is a past...
competitor domestic entered network number overall route since vastly vigorous
Since then, we have vastly strengthened our overall domestic and international route network and have entered into alliances with a number of carriers, all of which will make us a much more vigorous competitor in the west.
reaction worse
My first reaction is it could have been a lot worse than it was.
decades difficult
This is, without a doubt, the most difficult thing I have had to do in my two decades at American.