Airline getting racial ‘advice’

The chief executive of American Airlines said yesterday that he was looking forward to company representatives meeting with the NAACP to discuss the civil rights group’s charge that the carrier has a culture of racial insensitivity. The NAACP earlier this week warned African-Americans that if they fly on American, they may face discrimination. CEO Doug Parker said: ‘‘If the NAACP wants to talk to us and wants to help us get better, we are excited about that.’’ The NAACP issued a ‘‘travel advisory’’ and cited four recent incidents where AfricanAmerican passengers believed they were mistreated because of their race. Since the start of 2016, passengers flying on American have filed 29 complaints of racial discrimination with the federal government, the most against any US carrier, followed by United Airlines with 17.