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A glitch in American Airlines crew scheduling system has created a new nightmare for the airlines management and passengers alike beginning over the July 4th weekend.

After two years of the pandemic, airlines are struggling to keep up with pent-up demand despite staff shortages, cancelled flights and bad weather; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says, "The bottom line is [airlines] need to deliver."

According to Flight Aware, nearly 6,000 flights were delayed and 655 were canceled on Saturday nationwide.

After two years of the pandemic, airlines are struggling to keep up with pent-up demand despite staff shortages, cancelled flights and bad weather; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says, "The bottom line is [airlines] need to deliver."

Millions of Californians are expected to travel for the Fourth of July weekend — the second most since 2000 and the most since the pandemic started.

Airlines are rebounding to meet an extreme demand this 4th of July weekend.

As of Saturday morning, 421 flights have been canceled, and 1,942 have been delayed, according to Flight Aware, which reported that by the end of Friday, 586 U.S. flights were called off.

According to AAA, millions of Southern Californians will be traveling the holiday weekend along with millions of Americans from around the country

The world's busiest airport will be even busier Friday as passengers head out for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

"The American people are sick of airlines ripping them off, canceling flights at the last minute and delaying flights for hours on end."