American Airlines Computer Glitch Puts Thousands Of Holiday Travel Plans In Jeopardy
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November 29, 2017I hope you’re not flying American Airlines next month, because the airline is having some trouble.
Apparently, AA gave too many pilots the same vacation time, meaning there are a bunch of AA flights scheduled, and those flights don’t have a pilots.
BREAKING: American Airlines says computer glitch allowed all pilots to take vacation over Christmas week. Now union says thousands of flights are in jeopardy of cancellation. Americans says they’re offering 1.5x pay for pilots to fill in and expect to resolve the issue.
— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) November 29, 2017
*American Airlines Breakroom*
Pilot 1: You working over Christmas?
Pilot 2: Nah. Took vacation.
Pilot 1: Me too.
Pilot 3: Hey same here!
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Pilot 459: So uh….who’s flying the planes? pic.twitter.com/WVsndan5sx— Nathan J. Welsch (@nathanjwelsch) November 29, 2017
This is the biggest blunder American Airlines has made since they allowed Kevin McCallister to board the wrong plane to New York in ’92. https://t.co/1u14i6cP5L
— Tim Reilly (@LifeOfaReilly) November 29, 2017
Hehe.
Jokes aside, yeah…that’s problematic. They say this mess is all due to a computer system glitch.
“The airline is a 24/7 op,” said Dennis Tajer, an American Airlines captain. “The system went from responsibly scheduling everybody to becoming Santa Claus to everyone.
“The computer said, ‘Hey ya’ll. You want the days off? You got it.'”
However, American Airlines is trying to fix the situation and hoping to avoid canceled flights.
The Allied Pilots Association estimated the number of affected flights, from Dec. 17 to Dec. 31, based on information provided by the carrier, said Dennis Tajer, a spokesman for the union. American spokesman Matt Miller declined to quantify the potential number of flights involved, saying the airline expects to correct the problem and avoid cancellations.
“We are working through this to make sure we take care of our pilots and get our customers to where they need to go over the holidays,” Miller said.
“We have reserve pilots to help cover flying in December, and we are paying pilots who pick up certain open trips 150 percent of their hourly rate — as much as we are allowed to pay them per the contract,” Miller added. “We will work with the APA to take care of our pilots and ensure we get our customers to where they need to go over the holidays.”
Here’s hoping it all works out!
