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Northwest vs. American airline's corporate structure

For airlines, there are a lot of VP executives:

Douglas M. Steenland
President and Chief Executive Officer

J. Timothy Griffin
Executive Vice President-Marketing and Distribution

Philip C. Haan
Executive Vice President-International, Alliances and Information
Technology & Chairman, Northwest Cargo

Neal Cohen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Andrew C. Roberts
Executive Vice President-Operations

Barry P. Simon
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Kris Bauer Senior
Vice President-Technical Operations

Michael J. Becker
Senior Vice President-Human Resources and Labor Relations

David M. Davis
Senior Vice President-Finance and Controller

Jim Friedel
President-Northwest Airlines Cargo and Senior Vice President-Pacific

Mary Carroll Linder
Senior Vice President-Corporate and Brand Communications

Daniel B Matthews
Senior Vice President and Treasurer

Andrea Fischer Newman
Senior Vice President-Government Affairs

Timothy J. Rainey
Senior Vice President-Flight Operations and System Operations Control

Kenneth J. Hylander
Vice President-Safety and Engineering, Chief Safety Officer

Anna Schaefer
Vice President-Finance and Chief Accounting Officer

there are a total of 14 VP executives in northwest airlines.

HOWEVER, America airlines has 13 VP executives in the Board of Directors, and AA has a total of 14 senior management, 31 regular management VP + 3 for American Eagle to make a total of 48 VPs.