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Uh Oh: American Airlines Canceling Hundreds Of Flights This Weekend<\/b><\/a> [snip]<\/p>\n Looking at\u00a0published data<\/a>, American is approaching 500 flight cancelations over the course of a four day period around this weekend:<\/p>\n On Friday, June 18, 2021, American canceled 167 flights What\u2019s the cause of these flight cancelations?<\/b><\/p>\n There are two different reasons being given for flight cancelations, including \u201cflight crew unavailable<\/i><\/b>\u201d and \u201coperational decisions<\/i><\/b>.\u201d That suggests that these cancelations are likely related to American not having enough staff. And then for cancelations due to \u201coperational decisions,\u201d presumably that\u2019s for situations where American prioritized one flight over another (which happens due to a variety of factors).<\/p>\n The cancelations seem to primarily be focused on the Boeing 737 fleet,\u00a0which suggests that the crewing issues are related to pilots<\/i><\/b>\u00a0rather than flight attendants (since pilots are rated on a specific type of aircraft, while flight attendants are generally trained on all mainline aircraft).<\/p>\n
\nBen Schlappig | One Mile at at Time
\nJune 20, 2021<\/p>\n
\nAmerican canceled 83 flights
\nOn Saturday, June 19, 2021,
\nAmerican canceled 123 flights
\nOn Sunday, June 20, 2021,<\/p>\n
\nOn Monday, June 21, 2021,
\nAmerican canceled 97 flights<\/p>\nFULL REPORT<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n