Alaska Airline's CEO said Friday that about 50 flights are still being canceled each day, and the month of May 'will continue to be choppy.' Starting next month, the airline is adding hundreds of pilots, reservation agents and flight attendants.
Editor's note: The video above is a previous story on Alaska's flight cancellations.said Friday that about 50 flights are still being canceled each day, and the month of May "will continue to be choppy."
Ben Minicucci said in a video posted on YouTube that the outlook is better in "June and beyond" as they add 150 pilots, 200 reservation agents and 1,100 flight attendants. "I hear every day from friends, neighbors and guests about how disruptive our flight cancellations have been," said Minicucci. "Simply put - we had 63 fewer pilots than what we planned for when we built our scheduled. By the time we caught this error, April and May schedules were bid on by our pilots and flight attendants, making it impossible to sufficiently adjust schedules to avoid cancellations.
, or re-routed, as a domino of cancellations affected airports. At the time, Alaska said the issues were dealing with an industry-wide pilot shortage paired with a backlog of training programs that impacted their flight crews. They announced a 2% reduction in total flights through June – however, issues are still unfolding.Alaska Airlines pilots prepare to vote on strike-authorizationThe decision won’t happen overnight.
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