American Airlines pilots warned about acting illegally
Pilots’ unions have warned American Airlines staff to make sure they’re not acting illegally after the airline threatened legal action.
The airline believes it is being targeted by planned pilot “sick outs” or intentional delays and calls of maintenance or malfunction.
The airline is being hit by cancellations and delays, to the point where industry experts in the US are telling agents and travellers not to book American.
In the latest developments, American has warned the union that it will seek legal action if these issues continue.
In response, the Allied Pilots Association acting president, Keith Wilson, has asked his pilots not to call in sick, make unnecessary maintenance reports or delay-making detours.
According to AP reports Wilson told his pilot members that if they are, indeed, sabotaging the airline in this way “that activity must cease immediately”.
by Gretchen Kelly, Editor TravelMole US
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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