American Airlines pilots will get triple pay to fly thousands of trips dropped in scheduling glitch.
pilots and its pilots' union agreed to triple pay for aviators who were able to drop thousands of July flights because of a scheduling program glitch over the weekend, they said Wednesday.The scheduling platform error let pilots drop some 12,000 flights from their schedules, according to the union, the Allied Pilots Association,
The issue sprung up while American and other airlines have been scrambling to avoid flight disruptions during a surge in summer travel demand.
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