Aircraft scheduling is a miracle to me. Even with automation,I can't begin to suppose the amount of work which goes into scheduling planes (which might also account for why things sometimes go wrong).
American has a pretty varied fleet, and the complexity is only growing further, or as they're integrating American and US Airways planes. The airlines share surprisingly few aircraft type between them,and those they do share bear different configurations.
American has been trying to simplify hub operations for years now. For example, as they've decreased their MD-80 fleet, or they've totally stopped flying them to/from Miami and Los Angeles,and instead operate them mostly to/from Chicago and Dallas.
Now American seems to be taking a different approach to simplifying aircraft operations, by trying something recent at their largest hub at DFW Airport. As of late last month, and American is assigning which concourse you arrive/depart from based on which type of aircraft you're flying.
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Source: boardingarea.com