How much have AMERICAN AIRLINES-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $6,427,635 to the AMERICAN AIRLINES employer string, from 33,790 contributions and 1,252 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the carrier’s PAC and not a NAICS airline total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this American Airlines corporate political spending?

No. The $6,427,635 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to AMERICAN AIRLINES. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include United Airlines employees?

No. UNITED AIRLINES is a separate employer string with its own page. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text AMERICAN AIRLINES. Staff who typed only a job title are in those other rows if stored that way. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed AMERICAN AIRLINES?

The rollup counts 1,252 donors and 33,790 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount from the carrier. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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AMERICAN AIRLINES

Total Donated

$6,427,635

Contributions

33,790

Unique Donors

1,252

Top Employer

AMERICAN AIRLINES

Donors who listed AMERICAN AIRLINES on itemized federal receipts account for $6,427,635, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 33,790 contributions from 1,252 donors. AMERICAN AIRLINES is a carrier name as typed, not a NAICS air-transportation total, not American’s PAC, and not UNITED AIRLINES. That carrier is a sibling row with its own overlay. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION is a government-employer key, not airline payroll.

Key figures

AMERICAN AIRLINES as FEC employer text totals $6,427,635 from 1,252 donors.
33,790 contribution lines sit under that carrier string.
UNITED AIRLINES is a separate FEC employer key.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or company PAC total.

A second major-carrier string on the same index

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. AMERICAN AIRLINES is the brand as stored on individual receipts. The $6,427,635 total is those itemized gifts. It is not American’s operating revenue, not AMR or AAG as a holding-company acronym, and not a NAICS rollup of all passenger airlines.

People who typed AMERICAN, AA, AMERICAN EAGLE, a regional affiliate, or PILOT without the carrier sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this key. UNITED AIRLINES remains a separate employer-name page.

Holding-company acronyms and regional affiliate names, if stored separately, never enter AMERICAN AIRLINES. The $6,427,635 total is the carrier brand as grouped, not AAG as a parent ticker.

1,252 donors and 33,790 lines

1,252 unique donors produced 33,790 AMERICAN AIRLINES contribution lines totaling $6,427,635. That is on the order of 27 itemized receipts per donor. UNITED AIRLINES remains a separate carrier key. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a cockpit-versus-ground split.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the carrier’s committee PAC filings are outside the $6,427,635 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

1,252 unique donors produced 33,790 lines. Repeat itemized gifts explain the ratio. The packet does not publish a cockpit share of those 1,252 people.

Full analysis: AMERICAN AIRLINES as FEC employer text: $6.4 million →

Questions

How much have AMERICAN AIRLINES-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $6,427,635 to the AMERICAN AIRLINES employer string, from 33,790 contributions and 1,252 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the carrier’s PAC and not a NAICS airline total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Is this American Airlines corporate political spending?: No. The $6,427,635 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to AMERICAN AIRLINES. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Does this include United Airlines employees?: No. UNITED AIRLINES is a separate employer string with its own page. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text AMERICAN AIRLINES. Staff who typed only a job title are in those other rows if stored that way. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed AMERICAN AIRLINES?: The rollup counts 1,252 donors and 33,790 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employee headcount from the carrier. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Industry ties

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

1998 · $18,500 1996 · $15,704 2000 · $13,550 2008 · $8,600 2010 · $7,400 1994 · $6,006 2004 · $4,600 1992 · $4,550 2012 · $3,740 2002 · $2,700

AMERICAN AIRLINES political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$1,700	2	2
1984	$500	1	1
1986	$500	1	1
1988	$1,500	3	1
1990	$700	3	2
1992	$4,550	11	2
1994	$6,006	10	2
1996	$15,704	33	2
1998	$18,500	29	2
2000	$13,550	22	2
2002	$2,700	7	2
2004	$4,600	11	2
2006	$1,250	4	1
2008	$8,600	15	2
2010	$7,400	12	2
2012	$3,740	13	2
2014	$2,440	7	2

Top Donors

Top AMERICAN AIRLINES donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	HOOPER, JAMES E	$1,500	1	MCLEAN, VA	—	1980
2	JIMENEZ, FERNANDO MR	$600	1	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
3	BONNANNO, ROSARIO	$500	1	GLENVIEW, IL	—	1980
4	DAVISON, DARROL G	$500	1	TULSA, OK	—	1980
5	DODSON, DORIS M	$250	1	TULSA, OK	—	1980
6	LORENZINI, JAMES W MR	$250	1	WILLIAMSVILLE, NY	—	1980
7	CAMPBELL, EDWARD	$200	1	HUNTINGTON, NY	—	1980
8	JAHN, STEVEN JR	$200	1	SCHAUMBURG, IL	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received AMERICAN AIRLINES donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	ACTBLUEC00401224	$38,181	1
2	FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975	$13,788	1
3	NEUMANN FOR US SENATEC00295931	$8,750	1
4	WINREDC00694323	$7,780	1
5	RYAN FOR CONGRESS, INC.C00330894	$6,100	1
6	PHIL RIZZO FOR CONGRESSC00796920	$5,800	1
7	IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTYC00035600	$5,400	1
8	HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795	$5,400	1
9	BOSWELL FOR CONGRESSC00316661	$5,000	1
10	HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTC00431569	$4,600	1
11	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$4,300	1
12	DSCCC00042366	$4,070	1
13	REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRSC00179473	$3,300	1
14	HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INCC00346544	$3,000	1
15	DIGNITY OF WORK PACC00264697	$2,700	1
16	NIXON CAMPAIGN FUNDC00326520	$2,500	1
17	REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSINC00074450	$2,450	1
18	ROXANNE CONLIN FOR SENATEC00470153	$2,400	1
19	UDALL FOR US ALLC00329896	$2,000	1
20	AEG PACC00654079	$2,000	1
21	CITIZENS FOR NEUMANN '93C00256032	$2,000	1
22	THERESA GREENFIELD FOR IOWAC00708164	$1,814	1
23	FREEDOM FIRST PACC00503094	$1,700	1
24	TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371	$1,684	1
25	HAGEL FOR NEBRASKAC00301994	$1,600	1