Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed

It's just a baseless rumor as far as I can see. SW says there's a staffing problem at "one location in florida," and blames weather otherwise. Meanwhile at least the SW pilot's union says "our pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions." Union goes on to say the disruption is because of SW's "bad management."

Given that the people who are ostensibly striking have yet to say anything, I think that no one is striking or walking out.

edit: this is as close to a source as I've seen for the claim that there's striking workers: https://twitter.com/jackposobiec/status/1447259256001019906

Re: Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed

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Post by alexlitov » Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 2:21 AM UTC

xeromal wrote: post #3

zenlikethat wrote: post #2

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Do you remember where you read that? Really curious! Love me some drama.

Don't need to read too far into it as none of the other US based airlines didn't have any weather or FAA related issues over the weekend.

Re: Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed

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Post by wtallis » Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 2:22 AM UTC

malwarebytess wrote: post #6

xeromal wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you remember where you read that? Really curious! Love me some drama.

It's just a baseless rumor as far as I can see. SW says there's a staffing problem at "one location in florida," and blames weather otherwise. Meanwhile at least the SW pilot's union says "our pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions." Union goes on to say the disruption is because of SW's "bad management." Given that the people who are ostensibly striking have yet to say anything, I thi…

The alleged staffing problem was with air traffic control, not Southwest employees.

Re: Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed

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Post by crocodiletears » Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 2:22 AM UTC

zenlikethat wrote: post #2

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I saw a similar claim in the comments of the tweet. Not knowing any southwest employees, I'm not sure how to go about either validating or invalidating the assertion.

It's in the air though, so I'll reserve judgement until we have more info.

Re: Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights canceled or delayed

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Post by striking » Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 2:22 AM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #5

xeromal wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you remember where you read that? Really curious! Love me some drama.

It’s referenced in the article.

When you say that, do you mean the part that reads

> Online speculation that Southwest’s new vaccine mandate has led pilots to stage a sickout is being denied by the union representing Southwest pilots.