American Airlines Computer Glitch Disrupts Pilots’ Schedules

American Airlines Group and the union that represents its pilots are discussing further pay for some pilots to compensate them for flying future flights that acquired dropped from their schedules due to a pc glitch, the union mentioned Sunday.

The Allied Pilots Association union mentioned the airline’s scheduling platform mistakenly allowed pilots early Saturday morning to drop hundreds of future journeys. As a end result, as many as 12,075 flights all through the month of July lacked a captain, a primary officer, or each, the union mentioned.