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I mean the answer is easy here. Weather affects all airlines equally. The possibility of a sick out only affects those airlines whose pilots were able to organi
by iammisc 5y ago
I mean the answer is easy here. Weather affects all airlines equally. The possibility of a sick out only affects those airlines whose pilots were able to organize.
The claim it's the weather is the one that needs extraordinary evidence because the claim is that weather that day only affected Southwest, whereas the claim Southwest pilots were the only ones to organize makes more sense.
The Florida explanation doesn't make sense because my parents also had issues going from CA to Oregon.
Occam's razor
- p_l 5y agoOccam's Razor doesn't obviate bad priors. In this case a major area with big impact for Southwest got grounded, with knock on effects on flight scheduling as machines and crews couldn't get to next stop in time.
- ceejayoz 5y ago> Weather affects all airlines equally. Nah. Storms are often highly localized, and different airlines have different cities they fly a lot through. A nasty storm cloud over Miami might not interrupt flights over Fort Lauderdale. Weather over Chicago is gonna screw up ops for United. Weather over Atlanta will fuck up Delta. > The Florida explanation doesn't make sense because my parents also had issues going from CA to Oregon. Occam’s razor. Unfortunately, the simplest Occam’s Razor explanation is ignorance here. Here’s an example Southwest flight. Tampa to St. Louis to LAX to San Jose. https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-status/path.html?departureDate=2021-10-13&flightNumber=3027 https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-status/path.html?depart... You might be flying LAX to SJC, but still be affected by planes getting stuck in Florida.
- addicted 5y agoIf both management and labor say it's not X, Occam's razor would almost immediately eliminate X. It would probably eliminate X even if one of them said it's not X assuming the other did not say it is.