All American Airlines pilots got Christmas off thanks to a computer glitch

For American Airlines, a holiday scheduling fail is a nightmare before Christmas.

With Christmastime travel one of the busiest times of the year, 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.

The American Airlines pilot union, Allied Pilots, said 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…

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