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> dozens of wheelchair-bound passengers (who get up and run off the plane at the destination) That is definitely not a normal (or even believable) occurrence
by ed 2y ago
> dozens of wheelchair-bound passengers (who get up and run off the plane at the destination)
That is definitely not a normal (or even believable) occurrence
- wyclif 2y agoOf course it's not normal, but it happens all the time. These people hacked the system. When the processes are terrible, people will find a way around them if it's available.
- astromd 2y agoI have never seen this in my decades of flying SW.
- joezydeco 2y agoThere are eyewitness accounts all over the net. Here's a (viral) photo of 20 wheelchairs at FLL, 17 of them ran off the plane: https://x.com/trendready/status/1672734536545841153 https://x.com/trendready/status/1672734536545841153 There was someone on Reddit that counted 45. Other accounts from last December, noting the trend and including SWA's reply that they don't challenge the validity of people in wheelchairs: https://viewfromthewing.com/priority-boarding-scandal-is-southwest-airlines-dealing-with-wheelchair-misuse/ https://viewfromthewing.com/priority-boarding-scandal-is-sou...
- ndiddy 2y agoThat’s easily solvable by seating wheelchair-bound passengers in the back of the plane so they have to wait to get off.
- joezydeco 2y agoThe issue is more about loading times. Every minute the aircraft is on the ground is a minute they're not making money. If a 737 used to take 60 minutes to unload and load and now it takes 90 or more, there's a problem. When SWA first started, the target was 10 minutes to turn a plane around. They were literally taxiing out of the gate while people were still getting seated. https://southwest50.com/our-stories/a-turning-point-the-birth-of-the-10-minute-turn/ https://southwest50.com/our-stories/a-turning-point-the-birt...