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Monthly Archives for November 2021.

Union Told Crew Not To Work Extra Trips As American Airlines Cancelled Thousands Of Flights

Nov 02 2021

The American Airlines operation began having real problems on Thursday. High winds in North Texas slowed down takeoffs and landings at the airline’s largest hub in Dallas. That led to cancellations, and crew out of position. They had to use their available employees on reserve.

As they faced the end of the month, they ran out of backup employees. The airline blames weather, but weather happens all the time to every airline.

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American Airlines Threatens To Call Police On Stranded Passengers After Canceling Flights

Nov 01 2021

Scenes from the American Airlines operational meltdown have been getting ugly. As the airline cancelled over 1000 flights on Sunday alone – the weekend of CEO Doug Parker’s 60th birthday – customer service lines stretched the length of airports and tensions rose. Here one group of passengers starts raising their voice to be heard about what’s (not) going on after their flights are cancelled and they’re given no options to get where they’re going. And an American Airlines agent responds by threatening to call the police.

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