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American Airlines And Pilots Work Out Deal To Save Holiday Flights

The airline had accidentally given too many pilots the holidays off, raising the specter of thousands of canceled flights.

There is no need to charter a sleigh pulled by reindeer for your air travel to holiday destinations after all. American Airlines and its pilots have worked out a deal to staff cockpits in late December after a scheduling snafu threatened to cancel

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