American Airlines Group Inc. was scrambling on Wednesday to entice pilots to cover for a computer glitch that left the carrier short of aviators for 15,000 flights during the coming Christmas travel period.
The Allied Pilots Association union said the airline’s computer system mistakenly granted extra time off to an unusual number of pilots in late December. American said it would pay pilots who pick up the unassigned flights 150% of their standard hourly wage, the top rate allowed in the union contract.
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