Southwest pilots are the best and the brightest. Everyone knows that. It’s why they choose to fly for south west. The airline with the best operating model. Different from all the others
I just hope it’s truly a local issue. We fly often and if this instability spreads, it’s going to harm a lot of Americans and supporting industries. Plus who wants to travel for leisure if there’s a good chance one will get stranded?
A friend of mine’s husband works for SWA. They received an email yesterday citing air traffic controller and weather issues. How long can they use this fake narrative?
That's always what I've heard about Southwest Airlines, but man.... my husband and I have had some really shi**y SW flights recently.
The last SW flight we were on was a major nightmare. On the day we had to fly from San Francisco to Hartford, CT, Southwest flights were cancelled all over the country. They said it was weather (there WAS bad weather in parts of the country that day), plus a LOT of their planes broke down on the same day apparently, leaving us stranded overnight in Chicago Midway Airport (slept in the seats).
Then our luggage flew home to Hartford, CT (BDL), while we weren't able to get a seat on a SW Airlines flight to BDL for several days. We opted to fly to Manchester, NH the next morning. Had to rent a car there, then race to BDL Airport and *hope* our luggage (which arrived hours earlier) wasn't stolen.
Oh, and the flight from Chicago Midway to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport was jam-packed, and one of the most miserable, turbulent flights we've ever been on. Ugh.
We have flights scheduled next month to visit family in CA: We're flying JetBlue.