Justin George, transportation reporter for the Washington Post, discusses the “perfect storm” of broken internal systems and extreme weather events that shattered service by Southwest Airlines, cancelling thousands of flights and stranding thousands of passengers.
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People should keep their medicine in a carry-on, luggage bag. Never put your medicine in a check in bag. I see that because you would never know what’s actually going to happen, but regardless as to what happens if your medicine was on you, that will be one less problem to worry about. I’m sorry that this happened.
The female reporter must be getting a check from somewhere else may be another airline. I see that because the way she’s using certain words to make Southwest look more horrible than what it is compared to. She said about 100 other airlines canceled their flights. Words are very important. And you have to be careful of the people and how they use them. This report it is wrong.
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My brother tried to work for Southwest part time in the baggage department and he was told that he had to go to Texas for a week or two just to learn how to load the planes with luggage. I think that was crazy because I’m pretty sure that there’s a person that can show them how to load a plane with luggage at the airport. Or maybe they should have a trainer come out to the airport instead of paying for people to come to Texas, to stay in a hotel, and everything else.
Southwest has been awful for a long time. Why anyone flies with them is beyond me. Take your business elsewhere, people. Save yourself the headache.
The big wigs that run the show are to busy spending all of that free taxpayer bail out money.
Are people missing there pets? Who is talking care of them?
Stock prices must be in the toilet, how long before chapter 11?
Welp. Time for a management revamp. Also, higher ups need to be sacked.
Why is it an airline's fault when flights were canceled due to the weather people should have stayed home anyway
I really hope this finally destroys and ends southwest airlines. Easily THE worst airline around which is saying a lot when you lump in most others. The Greyhound bus of the skies.
Oh jeez, I'm flying southwest in 2 weeks to go to Vegas. I sure hope this gets resolved by then.
Enjoy your gutted company shareholders. Guess ya'll didn't learn from Boeing.
It's sad but you always have to have a backup plan.
gee, i wonder wgat the reason was…even after that huge bailout using our taxes! that poor young man's sadness was palpable
Guys – always pack your medications in your carry on luggage.
sounds like we should stop our government from bailing these airlines out and let them actually compete so we can get some service worth a da*n
0:40, she is pretty, whats her name?
As a software engineer, the whole IT Leadership team needs to go. Old or new system, it should be able to handle these transactions.
MSNBC: "It couldn't be the result of Southwest awarding their share-holders at the expense of their customers & employees."
Send more money to Ukraine and probably will get more hacker attacks.
This is what happens when you allow consolidation to just 4 major carriers… Capitalism.
Southwest dropped the ball. However, the numbers are false. Southwest is the largest domestic airline in the world. So, without international flights, and the number of domestic flights( 8 to 1 usually compared the other top 4) cancelled flights are probably much closer. The news will look for the worst. Everyone knew a storm was coming. Poor ethics to blame it on only 1.