Posted on 03/12/2019 12:59:54 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Southwest Airlines, the nation's third-largest carrier, is struggling with a surge in planes being taken out of service for maintenance. The airline blames the mechanics union, but the union claims it's a matter of safety.
Photos obtained exclusively by CBS News show what mechanics describe as landing gear tires so worn that Southwest had to pull a 737 out of service on Tuesday. More than 40 airplanes per day have been grounded for maintenance issues since last Tuesday. That's unusually high, more than double a normal day.
Southwest has declared an "operational emergency" and its chief operating officer Mike Van de Ven is blaming the mechanics union, claiming it has a 'history of work disruptions' and pointing the finger at a "subset" of mechanics primarily at four maintenance facilities.
The union said management is "scapegoating" technicians and "the airline's self-described 'operational emergency' is simply an attempt to divert attention away from the airline's safety issues."
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Make your point.
That flying commercial is safe, and safer than in the past.
LOL.
You addressed your response to #3 to me. I didn’t write 3, hence the confusion.
I thought Southwest was employee owned. Or at least share owners.
Thats not the way they think
Trumps given some the opportunity to live out their lives before the horror arrives, to others hes given a short time to prepare.
Thats what it looks like from where I sit.
Thank God for President Trump.
Seconded.
L
Yes they do, and if I remember correctly the number of 737 MAX planes SWA has is somewhere around 35. SWA has more than 750 planes flying daily.
Southwest and the union have been locked in tense contract negotiations for
more than six years. The Federal Aviation Administration said it has heightened
its oversight of Southwest which is standard procedure during labor issues.
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