Vasu Raja Is Out

A week after an American spokesperson said "Vasu is not leaving," the embattled chief commercial officer is departing the airline.

Dear readers,

Vasu Raja — who clearly confused many of you with his contrarian (and, thus far, mostly wrong) bets on industry trends — got the boot on Tuesday, with a three-paragraph release announcing he is leaving American as chief commercial officer.

A couple of knowledgeable sources quickly flagged two unusual parts of the very short press release. Fi…