Behind the scenes at Fort Worth’s worldwide American Airlines Integrated Operations Center

Behind the scenes at Fort Worth’s worldwide American Airlines Integrated Operations Center

The connective tissue of the entire global operations for American Airlines operates from a sprawling facility in Fort Worth that plans and monitors all of its nearly 7,000 daily flights.  The Robert W. Baker Integrated Operations Center, or IOC, is housed in a building near DFW International Airport that is designed to survive an EF3 tornado. It is one of eight buildings that make up American Airlines’ sprawling 300-acre, 10,000 employee Skyvie…