Airport CEO Spends 50% Time Fighting Snow, 50% Fighting Airline Wishlists
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- â˘Christina Cassotis, once a consultant and MIT MBA grad, became Pittsburgh International Airportâs CEO in 2014.
- â˘She manages daily airport operations including security incidents, snow plowing, and wildlife control to keep flights running.
- â˘Cassotis explained airports are separate from airlines, and employees donât get free flights despite popular belief.
Christina Cassotis, a PR-to-consultant-with-an-MIT-MBA, now boss-lady of Pittsburgh International Airport and its cooler cousin Allegheny County Airport, reveals her jobâs basically running a 24/7 small city. She spends half her days dodging security freakouts and half juggling snow plows, chemicals, and grass cuttersânot to mention babysitting a wildlife manager who fights birds and stray cats like airport Avengers. Despite running the baggage conveyor horror show and a cyber wizard squad, Cassotis refuses to play Santa and fly airport staff for free. Spoiler: airport authority â airline, and no, you can't just wish for a flight whenever you want, even if you have 150 friends.
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Airport CEOâs job: juggler of snow chemicals, wildlife wars, and airline egosâstill blamed for your flight. Hilarious altitude.
Turns out running Pittsburgh Airport is less about planes and more about grass cutting, animal evictions, and snow chemistry. Who knew?
Airport CEO manages a small city thatâs part snow arena, part wildlife sanctuary, all chaos. Meanwhile, passengers still hate TSA.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/25/2025 | Author: Kelsey Vlamis
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