American Airlines Solves Its Holiday Pilot Problem and Will Not Cancel Any Flights
Photo Credit: An American Airlines pilot works in the controls on an aircraft parked in Miami. The airline has solved its staffing issue for December. American Airlines / Brandon Wade
Skift Take
This was a lot of public drama for no reason. Maybe it would have been better for the company and the union to solve their differences in private. The flights would have continued as scheduled, and no one would have known there was an issue.
American Airlines said Friday it does not expect to cancel any flights in December because of a pilot shortage, ending a 48-hour saga that had some passengers wondering if they should switch airlines for holiday travel.
For at least a week, according to the airline's pilot union, American had been dealing with a technical problem with its pilot scheduling system. The airline's computers had erroneously approved
