A software error may lead to the present collapse in the busiest period of the year.
In the allied pilots Association said that most of the December flights on American Airlines are under question because scheduling error led to the fact that thousands of pilots were able to vacation.
According to the group, will probably suffer more than 15 thousand flights from 17 to 31 December is a critical period for travel to the USA.
As it became known, American Airlines sent out to their employees e-mails, which offers pilots 1.5 times the salary.
As of Wednesday morning, the company still has not contacted the Union representatives to discuss how best to solve the problem of shortage of staff.
«I’m watching the movie «how the Grinch stole Christmas» becomes a reality. We don’t want to see what happens to our passengers», — said the representative of the Union Dennis Thayer.
