American Airlines Due to a bug in the scheduling platform, delays and cancellations caused the July 4 travel plan to fail, resulting in thousands of pilots. It is reported that the trip could be canceled. Country.
CNBC said on Saturday that there was a shortage of captains, first officers, or both on more than 12,000 flights in July after pilots were able to withdraw quotas due to a bug in the scheduling platform. I reported.
"They couldn't keep their IT systems running properly and now thousands of flights aren't assigned pilots," said American Airlines captain and Union Pilot Association spokesman. Mann Denistager added the situation. Caused "passenger and pilot uncertainty".
The airline has reportedly suspended its scheduling service.
"I understand that these are important tools for pilots and are working as quickly as possible. We will keep you up to date with more details throughout the day." And American Airlines sent an email to the pilot on Saturday.
CNBC reported that a similar issue occurred in 2017 and pilots were offered a 150% payment instead of picking up a dropped flight.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, American Airlines said it did not expect glitches to have an "operational impact."
"Our pilot trip trading system has experienced technical problems," the statement said. "As a result of this technical glitch, certain travel transactions could be processed when they shouldn't be allowed. Most of the affected trips have already been restored and of this issue. No operational impact is expected because of this. ”
Thousands of flights have already been delayed or canceled on holiday weekends due to the airline suffering from a shortage of staff." Because it has been, the problem occurs.
More than 7,100 flights to and from the United States were delayed and another 535 flights were canceled on Friday.
Thousands of flights have been interrupted in the past week Carriers have reduced 15% of their planned flights during peak summer months (June-August) , Even after creating the rest of the flights, it's more reliable, according to Nicholas Calio, CEO of Airlines for America.
