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Again, the article clearly addresses this. What is the incentive for both Southwest management and the Pilot's Union to lie? “Flight delays and cancellations o

Again, the article clearly addresses this. What is the incentive for both Southwest management and the Pilot's Union to lie? “Flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday afternoon due to widespread severe weather, military training, and limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center,” “The big issue is that Florida is roughly 15% of our trips, but on any given day, upwards of 50% of our aircraft lines flow through Florida,” Jordan told TPG. “You’ve got all those lines that just stopped in Florida, so you’ve got a lot of aircraft caught up in that,” “We’re not hub and spoke, and we do very little out-and-back,” Jordan said. “So when you stop a line, you’re stopping a line where the aircraft is attempting to flow across the country.”

Alupis 5y ago
The Management lies because admitting their policy led to a cancellation of 30%+ of flights in one day would be devastating. Union lies because an organized walk-out is illegal. Seriously... no other airline is impacted by the weather and ATC issues? The FAA even released a statement contradicting SWA's official excuse.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  > The FAA even released a statement contradicting SWA's official excuse. Where? They're on record supporting the weather and staffing explanations. https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447249660884754441 https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447249660884754441 "Flight delays & cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday PM due to widespread severe weather, military training, & limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville en route center." https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447708023724679175 https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447708023724679175 "To be clear: None of the information from Southwest, its pilots union, or the FAA indicates that this weekend’s cancellations were related to vaccine mandates." They just don't want to be blamed for the cascading failure that took days to resolve. https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2021/10/11/southwest-cancellation-spree https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2021/10/11/southwes... "No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday."
  - Alupis 5y ago
    SWA originally said ATC shortage... which isn't true. Regardless, "severe weather" in Jacksonville doesn't impact a regional route like LAX -> SJC... why is that cancelled today?
    - margalabargala 5y ago
      > limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center They're still saying ATC shortage. Source on that not being true?
    - ceejayoz 5y ago
      > SWA originally said ATC shortage... which isn't true. "No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday" implies there were shortages on Friday, yes? > Regardless, "severe weather" in Jacksonville doesn't impact a regional route like LAX -> SJC... why is that cancelled today? It does if the plane flying that route was coming from Florida the night before.

Alupis 5y ago

The Management lies because admitting their policy led to a cancellation of 30%+ of flights in one day would be devastating. Union lies because an organized walk-out is illegal. Seriously... no other airline is impacted by the weather and ATC issues? The FAA even released a statement contradicting SWA's official excuse.

ceejayoz 5y ago
> The FAA even released a statement contradicting SWA's official excuse. Where? They're on record supporting the weather and staffing explanations. https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447249660884754441 https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447249660884754441 "Flight delays & cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday PM due to widespread severe weather, military training, & limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville en route center." https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447708023724679175 https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1447708023724679175 "To be clear: None of the information from Southwest, its pilots union, or the FAA indicates that this weekend’s cancellations were related to vaccine mandates." They just don't want to be blamed for the cascading failure that took days to resolve. https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2021/10/11/southwest-cancellation-spree https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2021/10/11/southwes... "No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday."
- Alupis 5y ago
  SWA originally said ATC shortage... which isn't true. Regardless, "severe weather" in Jacksonville doesn't impact a regional route like LAX -> SJC... why is that cancelled today?
  - margalabargala 5y ago
    > limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center They're still saying ATC shortage. Source on that not being true?
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    > SWA originally said ATC shortage... which isn't true. "No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday" implies there were shortages on Friday, yes? > Regardless, "severe weather" in Jacksonville doesn't impact a regional route like LAX -> SJC... why is that cancelled today? It does if the plane flying that route was coming from Florida the night before.