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Because I have no faith in Southwest, I have canceled my flight and booked with American

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Dec 29 '22, 06:59

It will take twice as long to get there because American doesn't offer a nonstop flight. But my odds of actually getting there have improved.

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I haven't been paying too much attention, can someone explain what's going on? - sycor Dec 29, 07:10 11
- Southwest has been canceling 60-70% of their flights every day this week. The cause varies depending on the source - Fuzzy Dec 29, 07:18 10
  - It's also been said that an additional problem is that they use a point to point rather than a hub system. If one point goes down, everything else is - Meg Dec 29, 08:03
  - i've seen the same on your IM.. bad systems that couldn't respond to extreme changes in scheduling. this is a long term problem too.. -- nm - colin Dec 29, 07:50
  - Yeesh. Sound like all that government bail money was used wisely the last time airlines were bailed out. -- nm - sycor Dec 29, 07:45 5
    - They have been taking care of stockholders with dividends. -- nm - Qale Dec 29, 08:23
    - The COVID money was to keep planes flying empty and to not lay people off, no different than the PPP money for other businesses. -- nm* - spamlet Dec 29, 08:01 2
      - I meant before that. I had forgotten about the COVID money. -- nm - sycor Dec 29, 08:03 1
        
        buybacks (lining CEO's pockets at the expense of their employees) were so rampant in the airlines, Congress had to explicitly ban them as a condition - hollywood big shot Dec 29, 10:23
    - you get a bonus! and you get a bonus!! and you gets a bonus!!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 07:58
  - It's going to take that long to find anyone that can program in COBOL still. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 29, 07:41
  - agree to your IM. -- nm - St. Epiphany Dec 29, 07:28
probably the best move -- nm - Andie Dec 29, 07:03

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Because I have no faith in Southwest, I have canceled my flight and booked with American

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