Yesterday I posted about how a computer glitch at American caused 15,000 flights over the holidays to be scheduled without pilots. This impacted flights between December 17 and 31, 2017, where apparently pilots were able to "trade" off holiday trips, even without having found replacements (understandably most pilots don't want to work over the holidays…
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They should fire Dougie next. He's the one who decided not to invest some of their obscene profits in a functioning IT system for pilot scheduling.
Do we really believe it went from 15,000 unassigned to a few hundred overnight? #spin
What? You mess up once by not assigning pilots to a few thousand flights over the holidays and they sack you? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Now if only AA employed of those high standards for their snarky flight attendants.
You really are an idiot! Just because this position is open doesn’t mean shit! This is Crew scheduling! There many different types of Crew scheduling. Pilots, fas. At a lot of airlines Crew scheduling handles the scheduling of day to day operations. Crew planning is responsible for building the schedules. Once again, click bait!
@ Mikey -- American makes their most public mistake ever involving crew scheduling, and within a day they're looking for a new director of crew scheduling? You think that's a coincidence?
"We'll never lose money again." - Doug
When you put a statement out like that, you gotta cover your butt and make moves.
I came here to ask how they went from 15,000 flights yesterday to "a few hundred today," but Neil S. beat me to the question. And if it's only a few hundred, that's not making me feel warm inside.
@Jamal, You're talking about acres of fabric to cover Doug Parker's big arse...
Anyone who's experienced a corporate HR department might find the move to terminate someone that quickly surprising. The immediate posting of an open position is simply not believable.
(Also, title inflation means that a *Director* is likely rather mid-level. The head of Crew Scheduling surely has a VP title, at least.)
it’s a coincidence that the job was posted the same day the meltdown occurred. There was a change announced internally prior to yesterday’s problem. This is clickbait.
And in related news, under jobs wanted, "experienced airline scheduling director seeks new position."