American delays target to integrate US Airways flight attendants

American Airlines Group delayed one of the last major steps in fully blending its operations with those of merger partner US Airways, saying the work is more complex than originally expected. The airline doesn’t have a new target date for integrating operations for its flight attendants, which had been set for spring of 2017, a spokesman said Wednesday. American can’t reap all the potential cost savings from the deal until the carriers’ flight systems are fully meshed. Currently, flight attendants from the former US Airways can only work on planes from that carrier, with the same limits on the American side. Those restrictions, which also include pilots until the end of next month, prevent the carrier from matching the best aircraft to each route and responding faster to flight disruptions. <br/>