Airline CEO Says Distractions Shouldn't Color Merger

by Adam Hochberg, NPR

It's been one year since Delta absorbed Northwest in the nation's largest airline merger. Integrating the two companies generally has gone well, not withstanding the incident last week, when pilots on a flight to Minneapolis became so distracted they overflew their destination. They said they were studying the airline's new crew scheduling system on their laptops.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, October 29, 2009