Progressives take aim at Buttigieg over Southwest fiasco

The Hill ^ | 12/29/2022 | HANNA TRUDO

[plain talk]

Certainly global warming had something to do with it given the sharp drops in temps right before Christmas. :-)

[dfwgator]

This won’t be limited to Southwest, they will all be affected. There is a massive shortage of pilots in the US, There are not enough students to make a dent in it, even if there were enough students, there are NO flight instructors to teach them. most people become instructors so they can build hours to get into the airlines, they all gone already and there are NO replacements.

Idiocracy was a documentary. "My ex-wife was tarded, she's a pilot now."

[Fido969]

He promised he’d get to the bottom of it.

[1Old Pro]

He promised he’d get to the bottom of it.

It sucks to be him.

[volunbeer]

When “government” finds solutions it often makes the original problem worse (and more expensive).

Thanks for the insights. I have a neighbor who is a Southwest pilot but have not seen her since before Christmas (she is younger). I will catch up with her one of these days and she is a straight shooter.

[gitmo]

I read that their software makes it very difficult for crew to update their current location / status. I would design an app for their phones to check in that information.

The system thought crews were in different cities than where they actually were. And that they had flown more than they were able to due to weather conditions.

[dfwgator]

That was a low blow.

[volunbeer]

Yes. I have little doubt that the inadequacy of their software contributed to the cascade of errors, but as stated above there are many contributing factors and it is obvious that their system was incapable of handling the stress like other airlines did.

Shareholders are going to be pissed. This was a real mess and their “brand” took a major hit!

[nascarnation]

Thank you for an intelligent post.
Increasingly rare these days on FR.

[Osage Orange]

Spot on!!

[dfwgator]

You know the folks at American Airlines are loving this. There is a history between the two.

[Bullish]

Look, the dems at the WH are very busy. They can’t take any time off from their grifting to try and run anything.

[Organic Panic]

Blacks will vote for democrats no matter what. 70 years of voting for their democrat masters have demonstrated they aren’t going to change. No matter how horrible black cities become they STILL overwhelmingly vote for more democrats. The gays... The democrats have to work to keep the gays happy. The gaystapo is one of the most powerful political forces in the nation.

[I want the USA back]

Face it, buttygeeg is way out of his league. He got the job ONLY because he is light in the loafers.

Quiz-
Who is the least qualified?
- biden
- harris
- buttygeeg

[RetiredTexasVet]

Should have expected it. Buttguy thinks his anus is a vagina. Slow Joe hired only administration personnel who were dumber than himself to reduce the threat of an inside takeover.

[liberalh8ter]

All Buttplug ever does is whine about everything. Can anyone name one thing this dirtbag has done?

[Oscar in Batangas]

Things haven’t been the same at SWA since Herb Kelleher departed the Chairman’s seat. (IMHO)

[SunkenCiv]

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