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Cutting 8% to 10% of its summer schedule, citing a challenging staffing situation. the latest numbers show that airlines are still shy. more than 30,000 workers, compared to before the pandemic. >> theres a lot of burnout. and especially among some work groups. im hearing from some folks saying i just cant take it anymore. >> reporter: cruise shortages are hitting airlines large and small. alaska cancelling 2% of its flights through june. delta pilots saying theyre being pushed to the limits on ...

>> reporter: abc news has confirmed tonight that the wing of this american airlines jet, dented by hitting a light on takeoff, also hit the runway pavement at jfk. potentially disastrous, horrifying for passengers. >> we felt the plane book pretty hard to the left. everyone just kind of held on really tight. >> reporter: just off the ground, the a-321 jet, headed for los angeles with 110 onboard, banks severely to the left, the pilot reports, and asks to return to jfk. >> uncontrolled bank, 45 d...

Did such a great job last night of describing them are the pilots reports. today i asked the nasa head, jim bridenstine to provide all of those pilot reports which are in the possession of nasa to me, and he agreed to do so, because the indications as far back as november of this problem are disconcerting, to say the least. >> theres a question about what this does to the american air system and the general sort of oversight of the trump administration on air safety. theres been a dramatic drop ...

Potentially those kinds of special interests. all the facts that youve just described are highly suspect, and add to it the fact that this decision was apparently based on facts still undisclosed to the american people, because they say they have new evidence. well, the rest of the world grounded these airplanes based on evidence well-known before now. and among the most chilling of those facts, and rachel maddow did such a great job last night of describing them are the pilots reports. today i ...

Turns out these two crashes that may or may not be linked, its also these very alarming complaints that cnn has not gotten their hands on from pilots. why is this model aircraft still in the air? >> well, the model of this aircraft is still in the air because the faa seine gauging in a very clever use of words. theyre down to wordsmithing. what they have said is, look, the aircraft was certified as airworthy and until we have evidence that its not airworthy, were not going to go back and mess wi...

Aviation analyst, miles obrien, also the science correspondent for pbs news hour, and sarah nelson, international president with the association of flight attendants, they called for the boeing jet to be grounded. miles i want to start with you because what cnn has learned from at least these five episodes that were so alarming to pilots, they felt the need to pick up the phone and call into the federal data base to explain the weird thing that had happened to them in the air. let me read some o...

Problem and its driving this. >> boeing chief reportedly called president trump to tell him everything is a-okay. is that normal? >> well, keep in mind the context. he called the president after the president yesterday said planes are far too complex and suggested that planes can only be flown now by m.i.t. grads as opposed to real pilots. i think he was reading the tea leaves and thinking that the faa is about to ground the plane. the president is laying the groundwork for it and he called them...

They are urging you to be on alert. chilling last words from a pilot killing all four people on board just moments after having problems during takeoff the pilot reports on the radio "were going down." greg bird and two of his sons were killed along with one of the mens fiancee. he was flying his other sons graduation in mississippi. police say its a miracle that other drivers were not injured. >> that plane was so low it wasnt even higher than the truck. part of the plane on the left side hit...

Action. >> what does that tell you, miles? >> well, it is important for the port awe horuthority to keep the landing proper in the runway despite the bad landing, and it is clear for other pilots to understand what is going on. but you have to understand that this is a dynamic situation, because it is shifting from rain to freezing rain and shifting to snow at the time. and one of the things that the airports do is to send a truck out there with a gadget behind it which is going to measure the f...

7,000 feet of runway. the md-88 needs about 5,000 feet on a good day. you had low visibility low ceiling and a contaminated runway. which means its got some ice or its slick. air traffic controller relies primarily on pilot reports. the plane that went in before them said headquarters good braking action its fine. its a dynamic situation, the weather is changing and one persons good braking might be another guys slick runway. >> miles calls it a varsity airport. anyone who flies in and out of th...