doug parker, the chairman and ceo of american airline.cial calls going back to your days at america west in the '90s, what's going to happen next quarter are you sleeping in completely >> i don't know, 107 doesn't seem like enough, right? thanks, you have been with me on pa lot of those. and i appreciate it. thanks a lot. >> yeah. >> it has been a pleasure. doug parker, the chairman and ceo of american airlines from the operations center. andrew, joe, becky, don't forget we got more coming up on a big day for the airline industry coming up in about 20 minutes, we will be speaking with scott kirby, the ceo we will be talking to him about the results of late yesterday as well as for their outlook not only for the first quarter but the rest of the year deep mit miss that in a bit. >> good. it's nice for docu so he didn't get life. does he have to do community service once he gets out, you think, phil? that's like, wow, pervasive. it's nice. it's nice. so there was a possibility for it. >> yeah. >> that's 26 years isn't it >> yeah. hey, joe,

american's doug parker at 7:30 and scott kirby of united at 8:00 a.m. eastern. talk alcoa. i'm excited about alcoa and everyone thinks i'm crazy but they're reporting after the bell the aluminum giant up more than 150% over the last year. no one appears to have a sell rating on this name that in the olden days used to kick off earnings season before kicked out of the dow alcoa is expected to do about $3 billion in revenue in this quarter thanks to rising commodity prices seema mody is here they've been doing well lately >> they have been doing very well it is not a stock classified as a high flyer, but the performance suggests otherwise, up about 160% as you just pointed out over the past one year this is a company that its performance heavily tied to aluminum, which has rebounded as part of the broader revival in the economy, but profits have been capped recently due to the surge in power prices. in fact, that's one of the reasons alcoa curbed production at one of its largest aluminum plants in spain late last year in a note jpmorgan points out the longer energ

we'll talk to doug parker we'll talk about the fourth quarter, as well as the outlook going forward.kirby again, lots to dus cush with these guys yes, the 5g issue is going to get a lot of questions and what did we see beyond the first quarter? when does it start to pick up? second part of the quarter, late february should be in much better shape than we're seeing right now. we haven't mentioned the pandemic maybe that will say something about activity in the weeks to come >> the pause on 5g protects flight safety and allows aviation to continue without issue. the next guest says it's, quote, a bad deal joining us, the fcc commissioner great to have you. >> thank you >> the age ency looked at this several years ago and there was a deal the white house, you say, walked away from >> two years ago, the expert agency charged by congress with making exactly these types of determinations about the coexistence of 5g, reached a decision based on science, sound engineering and real-world experience 5g is live in nearly 40 countries. look, this is, frankly, parted and parcel of a broader probl

capacity down 8 to 10%, and their costs per available seat mile excluding fuel up 8 to 10% here's ceo doug parkere current booking trends. >> the near-term bookings are still soft, net bookings we look at there are still people canceling trips they've made but that has gotten better here as we've come into january what looks really quite strong or relatively strong are bookings outside 30 to 60-day period, so that we feel good about. those numbers, again, are back above where they were pre-omicron. >> let's talk about united airlines which reported its result after the bell yesterday. like american, it beat on both the top and bottom line, though it was a loss for the fourth quarter. it expects a greater than anticipated loss for the first quarter, one reason it might be under a little bit of pressure this morning with regard to the 5g issue when we talked with ceo scott kirby he outlined how it's going to take some time to resolve this, not just for united, but the entire industry. >> the manufacturers of the altimeters along with the aircraft manufacturers will work with the faa and the telecom