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American Airlines Group included this in their financial statement:Originally Posted by Lahey
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" our regional partners have recently been unable to hire adequate numbers of pilots to meet their needs, resulting in a reduction in the number of flights offered, disruptions, increased costs of operations, financial difficulties and other adverse effects, and these circumstances may become more severe in the future and thereby cause a material adverse effect on our business."
As another pilot said: " It says right in the RJ Owners Handbook
WARNING-Failure to exploit pilots may result in substantially reduced profits...."
On another note, AAL cancels ZED fares for Frontier Airlines on American Airlines. Effective 1 May, 2019.