{
  "slug": "american-airlines",
  "month": "2026-09",
  "status": "current",
  "themes": {
    "Inclusion": {
      "rank": 1,
      "score": 100
    },
    "Innovation": {
      "rank": 6,
      "score": 33.3
    },
    "Leadership": {
      "rank": 4,
      "score": 66.7
    },
    "Onboarding": {
      "rank": 6,
      "score": 33.3
    },
    "Compensation": {
      "rank": 2,
      "score": 66.7
    },
    "Job Security": {
      "rank": 1,
      "score": 100
    },
    "Company Culture": {
      "rank": 5,
      "score": 33.3
    },
    "Candidate Feedback": {
      "rank": 3,
      "score": 66.7
    },
    "Wellbeing & Balance": {
      "rank": 5,
      "score": 66.7
    },
    "Career Opportunities": {
      "rank": 1,
      "score": 100
    },
    "Interview Experience": {
      "rank": 5,
      "score": 33.3
    },
    "Mission, Purpose & Impact": {
      "rank": 4,
      "score": 66.7
    },
    "Application & Communication": {
      "rank": 3,
      "score": 66.7
    }
  },
  "company": "American Airlines",
  "country": "United States",
  "history": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "month": "2026-01",
      "visibilityScore": 90.3
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "month": "2026-02",
      "visibilityScore": 53.2
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "month": "2026-04",
      "visibilityScore": 50
    }
  ],
  "summary": "American Airlines is tracked across AI employer visibility rankings in the Airline sector. When candidates research the company through AI, it surfaces consistently in employer-related queries — ranking #5 out of 27 Airline companies in the PerceptionX index.\n\nAI models most frequently position American Airlines alongside Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines when discussing Airline employers.\n\nThe company shows strongest employer visibility in Application & Communication, Candidate Feedback and Career Opportunities.\n\nAmerican Airlines's Visibility Score has fallen from 90.3 to 64.1 across its last 4 measurements (since January 2026), slipping 4 places in the Airline rankings. Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines have moved ahead of it. It now trails Alaska Airlines by 2.6 points.\n\nThis analysis is based on AI-generated responses from ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity. Data is refreshed regularly to reflect changes in AI employer perception.",
  "website": "americanairlines.com",
  "industry": "Airline",
  "profileUrl": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/company/american-airlines",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20",
  "modelScores": {
    "chatgpt": 100,
    "googleAi": 38.5,
    "perplexity": 53.8
  },
  "overallRank": 81,
  "industryRank": 5,
  "mentionCount": 25,
  "topCompetitors": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "slug": "southwest-airlines",
      "company": "Southwest Airlines",
      "visibilityScore": 94.9
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "slug": "delta-air-lines",
      "company": "Delta Air Lines",
      "visibilityScore": 92.3
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "slug": "united-airlines",
      "company": "United Airlines",
      "visibilityScore": 69.2
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "slug": "alaska-airlines",
      "company": "Alaska Airlines",
      "visibilityScore": 66.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "slug": "jetblue",
      "company": "JetBlue",
      "visibilityScore": 64.1
    }
  ],
  "otherIndustries": [
    {
      "industry": "Travel",
      "industryRank": 9,
      "visibilityScore": 38.5
    }
  ],
  "visibilityScore": 64.1,
  "totalCompaniesInCountry": 1451,
  "totalCompaniesInIndustry": 27,
  "methodology": {
    "version": "1.0",
    "url": "https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api-docs/#methodology",
    "description": "Visibility Score (0-100) is the share of AI model × candidate-experience-theme combinations within an industry and country where the company was mentioned in AI-generated answers to candidate-style questions. Ranks are computed per industry and country; ties break by mention count, then company name. Responses from other assistants (e.g. Claude, DeepSeek) are collected for research but not included in index scoring.",
    "models": [
      "ChatGPT",
      "Google Gemini",
      "Perplexity"
    ]
  }
}