Originally Posted by
HumbleBee
Wonder how that compares to the worlds largest airlines handing out BPs written with pen and paper...
Factually, I am not sure why that's relevant. You're comparing something that happened for a portion of a day in the past (UA) with an ongoing issue in the present (AA).
I'm no UA or AA defender, but this article is about AA, not UA. And looking forward, the likelyhood that UA, DL, WN, B6, VX or whatever will have an operations in shambles due to having to hand write BPs is rather low, while the likelyhood that AA will still have problem with "sick" or "to the T" pilots are rather high.
Emotionally, please book AA (instead of UA, DL, WN, B6, VX or whatever): they need all the revenue they can get. Factually it's another story. And personally, I think they'll get everything back to acceptable levels by 1OCT. Just a hunch, based on experience, but nothing more.