AUDIO: AMERICAN AIRLINES SHORT ON PILOTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Thousands of December flights on American Airlines do not yet have pilots assigned to work because a scheduling error gave time off to too many cockpit crew members during the holiday rush. The glitch caused the scheduling system to show that American had enough staffing coverage for some planned flights when it actually didn’t. American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller declined to disclose the possible number of flights affected, saying the airline expects to correct the problem and ask reserve pilots to help cover flying in December.
* Maybe plug in computers from driverless cars?
* Too scary? How about pilots working 20-hour shifts?
* The “spokesman declined to disclose the number of flights” – ’cause it’s HUGE.
* Captain Sully is sitting by his phone.
* Hell, I bet Tom Hanks is sitting by his phone, too.
* Harrison Ford? Don’t bother.
* “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain, John Travolta, speaking.”
CLIP: “Does anybody know how to fly an airplane?” from Airplane!