American Airlines has canceled more than 1,700 flights since Friday

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American Airlines passenger jets prepare for departure near a terminal at Boston Logan International Airport, in Boston in July. More than 1,000 flights were canceled this weekend due to weather and staffing shortages, the airline said.

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Weather and staffing shortages are the same reasons American cited when they canceled nearly a thousand flights in July. And they aren’t the only airline that’s been facing this problem.

Earlier this month, Southwest Airlines cited issues with with weather and air traffic control, canceling one thousand flights over a weekend. Spirit Airlines also canceled hundreds of flights on a single day in August.

Reaction to the canceled flights has been swift, and unsurprisingly critical, on social media, as well, with photos showing long lines for re-booking flights.

Dakota Staren, a Washington D.C. resident, said her flight to Phoenix, Ariz., that had a layover in Charlotte, was canceled just 90 minutes before departure.

She was already on the way to the airport when she found out and tried re-booking on the airline’s app and over the phone with no success.

«I was on hold for an hour and a half with no avail,» Staren told NPR, calling the experience frustrating; she had to miss a funeral because of the cancellation.