American Airlines Accidentally Let Too Many Pilots Take Off The Holidays (npr.org)

Posted by msmash on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:40AM from the best-error-ever,-pilots-said dept.

A glitch in American Airlines' pilot scheduling system means that thousands of flights during the holiday season currently do not have pilots assigned to fly them. From a report: The shortage was caused by an error in the system pilots use to bid for time off, the Allied Pilots Association told NPR. The union represents the airline's 15,000 pilots. "The airline is a 24/7 op," union spokesman Dennis Tajer told CNBC. "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.'"

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Wrong! They Don't by Neuronwelder · 2017-11-30 04:53 · Score: -1, Flamebait

hire enough pilots to begin with. Stop being cheap!!
Re:MsMash Do Be Duh IndoChimp by Applehu+Akbar · 2017-11-30 07:31 · Score: -1, Flamebait

this makes NPR look like a bunch of retards, which they essentially are. Starbucks latte sipping snobs ...
No, what makes NPR look like a bunch of retards is canceling every rerun of their biggest cash cow, their listeners' favorite weekly program, and trying to erase every trace of its existence, all because some chick suddenly pops up to object to Garrison Keillor hugging her forty years ago.