American plagued by major flight cancellations for 4th day

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American Airlines rider jets hole for departure, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, adjacent a terminal astatine Boston Logan International Airport, successful Boston. American Airlines is inactive trying to excavation retired from nether a blizzard of cancelled flights implicit the past fewer days. By midday Monday, Nov. 1, American had canceled much than 350 flights. It's the 4th consecutive time of large disruptions astatine American, which canceled much than 1,000 flights connected Sunday.(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

DALLAS – American Airlines struggled to hole its cognition but inactive canceled much than 350 flights connected Monday arsenic disruptions caused by staffing shortages astatine the large bearer continued for a 4th consecutive day.

Monday's show was an betterment implicit Sunday, erstwhile American scrubbed much than 1,000 flights — much than one-third of its docket — according to tracking work FlightAware.

Like different airlines, American encouraged thousands of workers to discontinue past twelvemonth erstwhile aerial question collapsed during the pandemic, lone to beryllium caught short-staffed this twelvemonth erstwhile question recovered faster than expected.

“Flight attendant staffing astatine American remains strained and reflects what is happening crossed the manufacture arsenic we proceed to woody with pandemic-related issues," said Paul Hartshorn Jr., a spokesperson for the national representing American's formation attendants.

Flight attendants said galore reached their maximum allowable hours for October during the last days of the month, leaving galore flights without compartment crews. About two-thirds of American’s cancellations Sunday were owed to a deficiency of formation attendants, with astir of the remainder owed to aviator shortages, according to interior hose figures.

American’s troubles started Thursday and Friday, erstwhile precocious winds reduced flights astatine its busiest hub, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. American was incapable to get pilots and formation attendants successful presumption for upcoming flights, starring to astir 1,900 cancellations nationwide from Friday done Sunday, according to FlightAware.

David Seymour, the airline’s main operating officer, said implicit the play that assistance was connected the way. He said astir 1,800 formation attendants are coming backmost from permission starting Monday, and much are being hired by year-end. The hose is besides hiring pilots and reservations agents, helium said.

American continued to blasted cancellations connected past week's upwind agelong aft the howling winds subsided successful Texas, and that didn't beryllium good with immoderate longtime customers.

“The full upwind happening irritates maine due to the fact that that's however they get retired of fiscal responsibility. I consciousness atrocious for the folks who are stuck immoderate spot and (American) won't springiness them a edifice voucher," said Craig Beam, who works successful existent property for wellness attraction companies. “It's wide to maine they person got staffing issues.”

Beam's archetypal formation Sunday from his location successful Southern California to a concern league successful Dallas was canceled. His rebooked formation yet arrived astatine DFW Airport astatine midnight Sunday night.

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David Koenig tin beryllium reached astatine www.twitter.com/airlinewriter

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