#Southwest Exec Testifies before #Senate Panel Over Meltdown https://politicaliq.com/2023/02/09/southwest-exec-testifies-before-senate-panel-over-meltdown/ #SouthwestAirlines #SouthwestMeltdown #SenateCommerceCommittee #politicaliq #news #politics

#SouthwestAirlines Exec to Testify at Senate Hearing https://politicaliq.com/2023/02/03/southwest-airlines-exec-to-testify-at-senate-hearing/ #SouthwestMeltdown #DOT #pilots #politicaliq #news #politics

Media outlets no longer consider government malfeasance newsworthy if reporting on it might offend audiences’ partisan loyalties.

https://www.levernews.com/p/1fbcb37c-d6c1-4e00-b3b5-e546d85421a8/

#Media #SouthwestMeltdown #Buttigieg #USPolitics

Never trust a McKinsey alum to fight for the people.

https://www.levernews.com/watch-now-pete-buttigieg-was-warned-about-southwests-flight-issues/

#SouthwestMeltdown #Buttigieg #airlines

#Senate to Hold Hearings on #SouthwestAirlines Meltdown https://politicaliq.com/2023/01/05/senate-to-hold-hearings-on-southwest-airlines-meltdown/ #Southwestmeltdown #politicaliq #news #politics

I just posted this at Seeing the Forest.

I've been writing about the economy and politics since 2002. I think this post sums up a lot of what I have come to understand as the reasons so much is wrong now, and I hope you can spend a bit of time reading it.

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What Happened At Southwest Airlines Is What Is Happening To Every American Company

https://seeingtheforest.com/what-happened-at-southwest-airlines-is-what-is-happening-to-every-american-company/

#Southwestmeltdown

It seems to me the #SouthwestMeltdown is an awesome opportunity for #AlaskaAirlines - at least on the West Coast - to snap up some of that business long-term. There can be no mistaking or denying the long-term reputational loss suffered by #Southwest over this holiday season. Their own pilots and flight crews called them out, and have been for years. I feel for the new CEO (he didn’t create this mess) as it will take a while to sort it all out. #travel #airport #airlines #software #operations

Welp. After COVID hitting our household last week which caused us to rebook our flights to AR and then Southwest Airlines having a meltdown that canceled our rebooked flights, we are FINALLY heading to AR to see family for Xmas...on American Airlines. See you soon, mom! #southwestmeltdown #covid

Is the cop lying, or did Southwest actually sic the cops on the passengers? Either way, here's another reason I'm glad I don't fly:

Video shows Nashville airport police officer threaten to arrest Southwest customers.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2022/12/29/nashville-airport-police-officer-threatens-to-arrest-southwest-airlines-customers/69762530007/

#SouthwestMeltdown #flying #cops #airports

#Southwest Airlines pilot and union leader apologizes for #SouthwestMeltdown ✈️🚫 and lays blame on the stockholder focus of former CEO #GaryKelly. ⬇️

He quotes the accurate warning of the company’s legendary founder #HerbKelleher that the greatest threat to #SouthwestAirlines “would come from within”. 🤔

https://www.newsweek.com/pilot-calls-southwest-chaos-embarrassing-1769749?amp=1

Welp I guess we're staying in Arkansas a few more days #southwestmeltdown

@tprophet Wow, thanks for this succinct explanation! The concept of "interlining" is especially interesting. Too bad it isn't a universal requirement. #SouthwestMeltdown

#SouthwestAirlines #SouthwestMeltdown

Who else out there is driving across the county right now due to the #SouthwestMeltdown? *Raises hand*

Billboards? Check. Gray, desolate Midwestern landscape? Check. A thousand Cracker Barrels? Check.

Sigh...