After a week of cancelled flights brought on by a shortage in pilots, Alaska Airlines will now be cutting 2% of its total flights through June.
Flight cancelations continue at Sea-Tac Airport
The move was made to account for the company’s “current pilot capacity,” as a means to avoid to day-of cancellations akin to what we’ve seen in recent days.
On Thursday, Alaska reported 42 cancelled flights, the bulk of which were scheduled to move through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Another 27 Sea-Tac flights for the airline have been cancelled as of early Friday morning. Mass flight cancellations started late last week, as Alaska Airlines pilots picketed across Seattle, Portland,
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