Skip to main content
American Airlines logo

Specialist, Inflight Hub Control Center

American Airlines

Charlotte, NCJobSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.

You apply on the employer's site, with no Olive account needed.

Watch jobs like this.

Don't just apply. Show up ready.

Olive works from this exact posting.

At a glance

Compensation
No compensation found
Location
Charlotte, NC
Work Authorization
Not specified

Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.

Job overview

The Specialist, Inflight Hub Control Center represents Inflight in the Hub Control Center and supports operational reliability. The role collaborates with crews, Hub Control Center leaders, and other departments to promote on-time departures, working in the control center, concourse, gates, or on aircraft as needed. It reviews flights and crew assignments, coordinates operational responses, and supports incident triage, delay investigations, and reporting.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Crew Collaboration, requiredCoaching, requiredDecision-Making, requiredData Analysis, requiredProject Coordination, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredPlanning, requiredOrganization, requiredPhysical Strength, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Related Field or Equivalent Experience/Training, required3+ Years Relevant Experience, requiredFAA Criminal Background Check, requiredAirport Security Badges, requiredDOT Drug Test, requiredCurrent Inflight, Customer Care, Hub Control Center, or Operational Experience, nice to haveContract Labor Group Experience, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

The Specialist, Inflight Hub Control Center is part of the Inflight Team within the Customer Experience Division. This role is responsible for representing Inflight in the Hub Control Center, supporting operational reliability metrics, and collaborating with the Hub Control Center, crews, and other departments to drive on-time departures, while working in the hub control center, concourse, gates, or on aircraft as needed.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

Knowledgeable of all Company and departmental policies, procedures, regulations, and the APFA Collective Bargaining Agreement

  • Collaborate with turn coordinators and Hub Control Center leaders to support the operation

  • Review flights and checks for potential crew misconnects

  • Monitor crew assignments to minimize flight delays or interruptions

  • Assist with requests from other departments, IOS, Scheduling, etc

  • Provide status of department reliability and communicates irregularities which may impact the daily operation

  • Coordinates with Crew Scheduling/Tracking for preboarding of flights or re-crewing

  • Partner with Inflight Operations Support to triage incidents and support the operation

  • Assist with delay investigations, daily and monthly reports pertaining to operational activities

  • Support departmental and station goals by reviewing and identifying delay data and trends

  • Coordinate with other departments to mitigate issues and facilitate on-time departures

  • Ensure on-time departures are consistently delivered to our customers

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience/training

  • 3+ years of relevant experience

  • Must fulfill FAA criminal background checks to qualify for unescorted access privileges to airport security identification display areas (SIDA), if applicable

  • Ability to secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges

  • Must pass U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated drug test

  • Able to push/pull force of up to 60 pounds

  • Available to work shifts that include early mornings, late nights, weekends, and holidays. Along with the flexibility of shift changes for operational needs

  • Successfully perform physical requirements of the job, including emergency evacuation drills

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • Current Inflight, Customer Care, Hub Control Center, or other operational experience

  • An understanding of working with a contract labor group is desirable

Skills, Licenses, & Certifications

  • Ability to engage, coach, and collaborate with crew members and other departments to achieve an on-time departure.

  • Ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment in addition to analyzing and making decisions based on data

  • Ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects at the same time

  • Excellent interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

  • Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.

  • Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.

  • Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.

  • 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.

  • Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY

American Airlines maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or other protected veteran, in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, the following employment decisions and practices: hiring; upgrading; promotions; demotions or transfers; layoffs; recalls; terminations; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; selection for training, including apprenticeship; and recruitment or recruitment advertising.

How this job compares

Set against the 388 open Operations Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$67–97K/yr132 salary ranges
  • US median$23–27/hr97 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 14 open Operations Specialist jobs in North Carolina and 388 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Operations Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (235 postings).
Education
24 of the 388 open Operations Specialist jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

Prepare for this role

You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.