Northwest cancels flights for lack of pilots |
| MarketWatch - Jul 30, 2007 |
Northwest Airlines Corp. cancelled as many as 200 flights over the weekend, pointing to empty cockpits as the culprit.
At the peak of the summer travel season, Northwest said it is seeing a big jump in absenteeism among the crews that fly its narrow-bodied jets, which means the shortage is hurting mainly domestic rather than international flights.
The result is thousands of stranded passengers at airports across the country.
"Friday morning we saw a sharp spike in pilot absenteeism. We flew about 93% of our scheduled flights on Friday and about the same yesterday. We expect that to go to about 91% today," Northwest spokesman Roman Blahoski told MarketWatch.
The problem stems from over-scheduling. And it's not new. Northwest saw the problem flare up in late June, when the number of pilots staying at home jumped 80% from a year earlier.
Read Full Article from MarketWatch
- Posted: 2007-07-30 10:35:12
| More Stock Investor Place Financial News |
 |
|
|
|
| Stock Investor Place Financial News Archive |
|
|
|
