Why American Airline Flights Were Canceled

Anyone flying last week were told their flight was canceled last minute. Why? American Airlines say their planes were grounded causes of maintenance. Pilots said something needed to be looked at or something needed fixing. Also pilots were calling in sick, so therefore more flights canceled cause they had no one to fly them. It seemed weird to them tat they were so many 'write ups' maintenance needed. they were also being given right before departure time. Suspicious, right? This is bad for business too because the people that fly with them will go to another airline instead. they canceled about 1% (300) flights in a week (18th-23rd). They say this was a plan by the pilots to do this, they were planning a 'sickout', but all 10,000 pilots that represent american airlines rejected that.  

   http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/american-cancels-hundreds-flights-pilots-blame-130608550.html