Traveling during the holiday is already a nightmare , but for people flying American Airlines during the last two week in December , things may have just gotten a whole lot regretful .
That ’s because according to the Allied Pilots Association union , a glitch in the system American Airlines use to schedule time off for pilot light was mistakenly unripened - firing every unmarried PTO postulation . This has left American Airlines with a huge shortage of crowd members regard an estimated 15,000 flight of stairs between December 17th and December 31st .
Currently the union is reportedly work with AA to address the shortage , with American offering pilots up to 150 percent of their normal hourly reward to make over the holidays . However , the union says American ’s proposal would be in violation of the group ’s overtime rules .
base on a fellowship memoranda sent toBloomberg , it seems that flights currently without a captain , first officer , or both , are based out of American Airlines ’ tumid hub , Dallas - Forth Worth International , along with Boston , Miami , New York , Philadelphia , Salt Lake City , and Charlotte .
American state it has fixed the bug , but it stay on to be seen how the company project to staff its flights without causing a enceinte number of cancellations .
[ Update : December 1st , 5:10 PM ] consort toCNBC , American Airlines has reached an accord with the Allied Pilots Association to correct the airline ’s vacation staffing issues .
[ Bloomberg ]
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