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11-30-2017, 02:01 AM
All American Airlines pilots got Christmas off thanks to a computer glitch
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For American Airlines, a holiday scheduling fail is a nightmare before Christmas.
With Christmastime travel one of the busiest times of the year (https://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/america_on_the_go/us_holiday_travel/html/entire.html), it's not a good look when all your pilots are taking a holiday break. But that's exactly what happened when a computer glitch for scheduling left thousands of flights pilot-less during the holiday period.
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The American Airlines pilot union, Allied Pilots, said (https://www.alliedpilots.org/News/ID/5646/Holiday-Scheduling-Failure) in a statement that American "disclosed a failure within the pilot schedule bidding system" on Friday. This week American is reportedly offering 1.5 pay to make up for the dearth of pilots. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/american-airlines-pilot-holiday-schedule-computer-glitch/)
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For American Airlines, a holiday scheduling fail is a nightmare before Christmas.
With Christmastime travel one of the busiest times of the year (https://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/america_on_the_go/us_holiday_travel/html/entire.html), it's not a good look when all your pilots are taking a holiday break. But that's exactly what happened when a computer glitch for scheduling left thousands of flights pilot-less during the holiday period.
SEE ALSO: This airline just bought two Boeing 747 jumbo jets online (http://mashable.com/2017/11/22/boeing747-china-auction/)
The American Airlines pilot union, Allied Pilots, said (https://www.alliedpilots.org/News/ID/5646/Holiday-Scheduling-Failure) in a statement that American "disclosed a failure within the pilot schedule bidding system" on Friday. This week American is reportedly offering 1.5 pay to make up for the dearth of pilots. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/american-airlines-pilot-holiday-schedule-computer-glitch/)
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