TENSION RISES AS AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS TO CANCEL MORE FLIGHTS
American Airlines canceled 83 flights systemwide Thursday, 10 percent of them unplanned, as the Fort Worth-based airline struggled to keep planes flying on time and publicly argued with its pilots union about the source of the problems.
Reports of maintenance problems by pilots, which shot up late last week and have remained high, continue to handicap operations, spokesman Bruce Hicks said, even after the airline canceled 300 flights from Wednesday through Sunday.
"The maintenance write-ups are higher than they've ever been," Hicks said.He said the trend started last week after American began imposing new work rules and contract terms on its pilots.Until then, Hicks said, American's on-time performance and reliability measures were at their highest levels in years.
21/09/2012 : Bob Cox / Star - Telegram.
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