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In May 2017, American announced it would be adding more seats to some of its Boeing 737 MAX jetliners and reducing overall legroom in the basic economy class. The last three rows will lose {{convert|2|in|cm}}, going from the current {{convert|31|in|cm}} to {{convert|29|in|cm}}. The remainder of the economy cabin will have {{convert|30|in|cm}} of legroom.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ostrower |first=Jon |title=American Airlines is cutting more legroom in economy class |work=[[CNN]] Money |publisher=Cable News Network |date=May 3, 2017|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/02/news/companies/american-airlines-legroom/index.html }}</ref>

=== Cabin fume events ===

An [[National Transportation Safety Board]] inquiry into American Airlines flight 132 to Nashville in 1988 found that the flight crew ignored the cabin crew's warning of smoke in the cabin since in a previous flight there was a [[fume event]] due to the [[Auxiliary power unit]]; however, the event was caused by improperly packaged hazardous materials, and the flight crew persisted in ignoring the cabin crew also when the cabin floor became soft exposing the crew and passenger to the threat of smoke and fire longer than necessary.<ref>[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a02a/6b1ff0725d682e3ab0fa55681a1db46af4ad.pdf Chute, Rebecca D., and Earl L. Winter. "Cockpit-cabin communication: II. Shall we tell the pilots?." The International Journal of Aviation Psychology 6.3 (1996): 211-231.]</ref><ref>[http://flightsafety.org/asw/jul12/asw_jul12_p32-35.pdf Cross, Jamie. "Sources of friction." AeroSafety world 7.online (2012): 32-35.]</ref> In 2011, an American Airlines former flight attendant reached a settlement with Boeing over toxic fume events that according to the lawsuit caused memory loss, tremors, and severe headaches. The health condition was triggered by a 2007 event in which oil fumes and toxic smoke leaked into the cabin while the aircraft taxied to the gate.<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44777304/ns/travel-news/t/boeing-suit-settlement-stirs-jetliner-air-safety-debate/#.XFqZYVUzaUk Boeing suit settlement stirs jetliner air safety debate], NBC news, 6 October 2011</ref> In a January 2017 incident on flight 1896, seven flight attendants were hospitalized. The Airbus A330 involved subsequently underwent a "thorough maintenance inspection", having been involved in three fume events in three months.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/fume-incident-hospitalises-american-airlines-crew-and-raises-questions-over-safety-of-cabin-air/ ‘Fume event’ hospitalises American Airlines crew in latest incident concerning cabin air], Telegraph, 4 January 2017</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/american-airlines-jet-suffers-fume-incident-months-flight/story?id=44535862 American Airlines Jet Has 3rd Fume Incident in 3 Months, 7 Flight Attendants Transported to Hospital and Released], ABC news, 3 January 2017</ref> In January 2019, two pilots and three flight attendants on Flight 1897 from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale were hospitalized following complaints of a strange odor.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2019/01/10/american-airlines-crew-sickened-philadelphia-florida-flight/2537776002/ American Airlines pilots, flight attendants fall ill on Philadelphia to Florida flight], USA Today, 11 January 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/travel/american-airlines-staffers-florida-airport-odor Five American Airlines staffers hospitalized after noticing 'odor' on plane], FOX News, 10 January 2019</ref>

In 2009, Mike Holland, deputy chairman for radiation and environmental issues at the [[Allied Pilots Association]] and an American Airlines pilot, said that the pilot union had started alerting pilots of the danger of contaminated [[bleed air]], including contacting crew members that the union thinks were exposed to contamination based on maintenance records and pilot logs. <ref>[https://zembla.bnnvara.nl/pdf/wsj_fume_events.pdf Nassauer, Sarah. "Up in the Air: New Worries About ‘Fume Events’ on Planes."] The Wall Street Journal (2009).</ref> In August 2018, American Airlines flight attendant picketed in front of the Fort Worth company headquarters over a change in sick day policy, complaining that exposure to ill passengers, toxic uniforms, toxic cabin air, radiation exposure, and other issues cause them to be sick.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/american-airlines-flight-attendants-protest-sick-policy-toxic-uniform-2018-8 American Airlines flight attendants are gearing up for battle over the company's 'punitive' new attendance policy], Business Insider, 31 August 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2018/08/29/american-airlines-flight-attendants-to-picket.html American Airlines flight attendants to picket headquarters Thursday], 29 August 2018, Chicago Business Journal</ref>

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Other accidents include the [[American Airlines Flight 383 (2016)|Flight 383]] engine failure and fire in 2016. There were two training flights in which only the crew were killed and six that resulted in no fatalities.<ref name=ASNAA /> Another four jet aircraft have been written off due to incidents while they were parked between flights or while undergoing maintenance.<ref name=ASNAA />

On 10 January 2019, two pilots and three flight attendants on Flight 1897 from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale were hospitalized following complaints of a strange odor.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2019/01/10/american-airlines-crew-sickened-philadelphia-florida-flight/2537776002/ American Airlines pilots, flight attendants fall ill on Philadelphia to Florida flight], USA Today, 11 January 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/travel/american-airlines-staffers-florida-airport-odor Five American Airlines staffers hospitalized after noticing 'odor' on plane], FOX News, 10 January 2019</ref>

== See also ==