{"id":953657,"date":"2021-11-02T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=953657"},"modified":"2021-11-02T12:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:44:23","slug":"flight-crews-have-reached-their-breaking-point-anti-vaccine-mandate-group-responds-to-mass-flight-cancellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flight-crews-have-reached-their-breaking-point-anti-vaccine-mandate-group-responds-to-mass-flight-cancellations\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Flight Crews Have Reached Their Breaking Point\u2019: Anti-Vaccine Mandate Group Responds To Mass Flight Cancellations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflight-crews-have-reached-their-breaking-point-anti-vaccine-mandate-group-responds-to-mass-flight-cancellations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=953657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>American Airlines was forced to cancel more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, with almost 300 more cancellations Monday, as the airline continues to suffer staffing shortages. The cancellations have left thousands of flyers stranded at airports around the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Travel\/american-cancels-2000-flights-friday-amid-staffing-issues\/story?id=80901865\">ABC News<\/a>, the airline cited high winds in the Dallas-Fort Worth airport hub on Thursday, along with logistical problems due to flight crew work limits, as the primary reasons behind the cancellations. ABC also reported that the flights left crews out of their scheduled positions, leading to cancellations that lasted for days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe problem with most of the large airlines is if they if one hub sneezes, the other hubs catch colds,\u201d aviation expert Henry Harteveldt told ABC. \u201cThe airlines\u2019 networks are all interconnected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, when bad weather hits an airline at the end of the month, the problems are exacerbated because often crews are out of the legal amount of time they\u2019re allowed to work,\u201d Harteveldt said.<\/p>\n<p>In an internal memo to staff, American Airlines COO David Seymour said that the airline was forced to cancel some flights \u201cfor the last few days this month\u201d in order to deal with the scheduling difficulties. The memo said that the company would be able to make it through \u201cthe brief irregular ops period quickly with the start of a new month.\u201d The airline is expecting reinforcements to help ease the issues, as 1,800 flight attendants are set to return from leave, which ABC reported should help to re-stabilize the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Freedom Flyers, an organization of airline and transportation workers working to oppose the vaccine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/delta-air-lines-ceo-ditches-divisive-vaccine-mandate\">mandates<\/a> imposed by airlines and the federal government, disagreed with the airline\u2019s public statements. In a press release to The Daily Wire, the organization blamed the staff shortages on stresses imposed on staff because of vaccine rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system is stressed as it is and now we have unions coming out and gaslighting their&nbsp;members that if they are unvaccinated, they need counseling and education,\u201d said Freedom Flyers founding member Jason Kusinich, citing an email by the president of the American Airlines Pilots\u2019 Union, which said unvaccinated crew members needed \u201ceducation and counseling.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I]t appears as though flight crews have reached their breaking point,\u201d the memo continued. \u201cFlight crews are acknowledging that because their Unions and Companies have broken their social contract, they are in a place where it is not safe for them to fly. \u2018The unions and companies haven\u2019t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Airlines was forced to cancel more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, with almost 300 more cancellations Monday, as the airline continues to suffer staffing shortages. The cancellations have left thousands of flyers stranded at airports around the country.\u00a0According to ABC News, the airline cited high winds in the Dallas-Fort Worth airport hub on Thursday, along with logistical problems due to flight crew work limits, as the primary reasons behind the cancellations. ABC also reported that the flights left crews out of their scheduled positions, leading to cancellations that lasted for days.\u00a0\u201cThe problem with most of the large airlines is if they if one hub sneezes, the other hubs catch colds,\u201d aviation expert Henry Harteveldt told ABC. \u201cThe airlines\u2019 networks are all interconnected.\u201d\u201cUnfortunately, when bad weather hits an airline at the end of the month, the problems are exacerbated because often crews are out of the legal amount of time they\u2019re allowed to work,\u201d Harteveldt said.In an internal memo to staff, American Airlines COO David Seymour said that the airline was forced to cancel some flights \u201cfor the last few days this month\u201d in order to deal with the scheduling difficulties. The memo said that the company would be able to make it through \u201cthe brief irregular ops period quickly with the start of a new month.\u201d The airline is expecting reinforcements to help ease the issues, as 1,800 flight attendants are set to return from leave, which ABC reported should help to re-stabilize the schedule.The U.S. Freedom Flyers, an organization of airline and transportation workers working to oppose the vaccine mandates imposed by airlines and the federal government, disagreed with the airline\u2019s public statements. In a press release to The Daily Wire, the organization blamed the staff shortages on stresses imposed on staff because of vaccine rules.\u201cThe system is stressed as it is and now we have unions coming out and gaslighting their\u00a0members that if they are unvaccinated, they need counseling and education,\u201d said Freedom Flyers founding member Jason Kusinich, citing an email by the president of the American Airlines Pilots\u2019 Union, which said unvaccinated crew members needed \u201ceducation and counseling.\u201d\u00a0\u201c[I]t appears as though flight crews have reached their breaking point,\u201d the memo continued. \u201cFlight crews are acknowledging that because their Unions and Companies have broken their social contract, they are in a place where it is not safe for them to fly. \u2018The unions and companies haven\u2019t shown up for employees and now those employees aren\u2019t showing up for work.\u2019\u201d\u201cDelays and cancellations are continuing and appear to be spilling over into Monday, November\u00a01 as well. Perhaps the sooner the unions and company leadership start showing up for their\u00a0represented members and employees the sooner operations can get back to normal,\u201d the memo added.The meltdown is the second time a major airline was forced to make mass cancellations in just three weeks. Southwest Airlines cancelled some 1,800 flights on the weekend of October 9-10, with another 300 cancellations and almost 1,100 delays. The FAA cited similar issues of \u201csevere weather\u201d and flight crews \u201cout of place.\u201d Some speculated the shortage was due to a pilot strike, but Southwest distanced itself from that theory.\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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