![]() ![]() “It’s very simple math when Delta has induced several thousand pilots into non-operational status because they tried to pressure them into large concession instead of constructively working with the pilots from the beginning.” CONCLUSIONĭelta’s flight cancellations continue today and appear poised to continue into the weekend. Combine that with to 2000 early retirements and 1700+ pilots awaiting 30-hour furloughs, and you have an airline critically short on pilot staffing.” We have thousands of pilots sitting on the sidelines because they’re stuck in months-long training cycles – some for the second or third time in a year. Their efforts to manipulate the pilots into concessions by utilizing multiple staffing reorganizations has backfired horribly. “Delta does not have enough trained and current pilots because of the massive training backlog management induced starting almost a year ago. This third reason in particular was also expressed by a Delta pilot who commented on yesterday’s story, noting: ![]() Some pilots who were able and willing to operate these fights could not because of insufficient simulator time which are required after months of dormancy. Delta is experiencing a shortage of qualified pilots to operate these airframes because of a training backlog. The cancellations yesterday centered on Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s. ![]() While Delta hoped that enough pilots would step up to operate extra flights during the holidays (for extra pay), not enough pilots proved willing (many did, just not enough). A multi-hour outage in the United States led to a number of scheduling glitches, prompting cancellations.ĭelta added extra Thanksgiving flights in mid-October, after November crews schedules had already been assigned. However, there seem to be three factors which have caused so many delays and cancellations this week.ĭelta uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its crew scheduling. To be clear, I am not making any definitive statements here, because these are still conversations from employees who are not comfortable going on the record. Live and Let’s Fly reached out to the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) for comment and did not hear back.īut over the last 24 hours I have spoken to several pilots and flight attendants concerning what happened. Poor crew scheduling by Delta? Industrial action by pilots or flight attendants? Poor passenger counts leading to consolidation? All were within the realm of possibility.ĭelta still has not specifically addressed the reason for the delay, only stating that “a number of factors have pressured our ability to timely staff several dozen scheduled flights.” Yesterday, I laid out several potential reasons for the cancellations. Question: So what is causing so many cancellations? It has already cancelled 162 flights today.įact: Delta is known for its operational reliability and historically has resisted cancelling a single mainline flight. Fact: Delta Air Lines cancelled 272 flights yesterday. ![]()
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