Originally Posted by
ToddChavez
For what it's worth, this article is omitting a glaring truth... the real reason for the cancellations was flight attendants. I don't know why the news media thinks "crew" means just pilots.
Many airlines this last weekend offered incentives to FAs because a high number called out for this brand new holiday called "juneteenth".... it's some kind of black holiday like kwanzaa from what I gather. And yes, that is why there were so many cancellations. Spirit paid their FAs 200% this weekend, Southwest marked it a "critical weekend", etc...
so do you have any credible source to back up this claim, or is this just a thought you came up with taking your morning ****??? I would venture to guess there was just as many "Fathers Day" sick calls as there were Juneteenth sick calls. But I can admit that is pure speculation on my part. We are short "qualified" pilots right now, plain and simple. Seeing how much PM is being handed out is the easiest way to determine that...As for FAs I have no idea bc I only know what they mention in van rides and such...