It has created a bottleneck scenario that is forcing airlines to scramble pilots from wherever they can. They included 126 Southwest flights, 82 American Airlines flights, 77 United Airlines flights, 36 JetBlue flights, 27 Delta flights, 22 Frontier flights and 10 Spirit airlines flights. CANCELED FLIGHTS ON TUESDAY JULY 5 Southwests - 126 American Airlines - 86 United Airlines - 77 JetBlue - 36 Delta - 27 Frontier - 22 Spirit - 10 AdvertisementIt's down to more flights being scheduled to meet passenger demand, without enough staff there to run them. Airline training departments must deal with increased flight schedules, and we believe that most should be able to predict and respond appropriately to retraining demands. They've got to fill those positions which takes months and months.

Source: Daily Mail July 07, 2021 18:37 UTC