US Airways president Scott Kirby and American Airlines chief restructuring officer Beverly Goulet have been tasked with jointly directing the transition planning for the US Airways-American merger. In a letter to employees, US Airways chairman and CEO Doug Parker and American chairman, president and CEO Tom Horton stated that the two will develop “joint plans between now and closing our merger so that we are prepared to begin integration immediately upon closing. We expect to close our merger in the third quarter of this year.”