Seems like this has happened somewhere else before
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Computer glitch mistakenly allows ALL American Airlines pilots to take break over Christmas
By Stephen Jones Assistant News Editor
18:52, 29 NOV 2017 Updated19:08, 29 NOV 2017
American Airlines says a computer glitch has mistakenly allowed ALL of its pilots to take break over the Christmas holidays.
The shock news of the foul-up is just breaking in the US, but it appears that the world-famous airline is scrambling tonight to find enough pilots to fill thousands of flights - and get people home to their families for Christmas.
Local media is reporting that 15,000 American Airlines flights have NO pilot between December 17th and the 31st - yet to be confirmed.
The union is reporting that "thousands of flights are in jeopardy of cancellation".
American has said that it is offering 1.5x pay for pilots to fill in, according to ABC News.
Computer glitch mistakenly allows ALL American Airlines pilots to take break over Christmas - Mirror Online