As of Friday ( according to Bloomberg), the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association union asked a federal court in Dallas to block the COVID-19 vaccine requirement while their lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co. That's largely due to a matter of timing. Is there a media blackout on last night’s air traffic controller walkout in Jacksonville, FL?įrom a trusted source: /kCseQMZlal- Tom Sauer ? October 9, 2021 #SouthwestAirlines Will be a miracle if we leave here without #COVID19 /9bOh6XetzB- Becky October 9, 2021 #SouthwestAirlines Will be a miracle if we leave here without #COVID19."Ĥ little kids sleeping on the floor of #mco because lied to us all day & night and then didn’t even have the decency to throw us a blanket.
Disobedience has begun!- Robby Starbuck October 10, 2021Īn outraged Twitter user posted a picture of four children sleeping on the floor of Orlando International Airport "because lied to us all day & night and then didn’t even have the decency to throw us a blanket. Sounds as accurate as Fauci’s science! This is only the start. Weird how the weather didn’t hit other airlines. Southwest Airlines is blaming the weather for 1,000+ cancelled flights and not employees calling out sick over the vaccine mandate. Disobedience has begun!" director and producer Robby Starbuck stated.Īmazing. Other airline crews are joining in- Jack Posobiec ? October 10, 2021 Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec tweeted: "Way more to this Southwest thing Other airline crews are joining in." Posobiec added, "The Southwest airline workers are standing in the gap! Support!" Prominent conservative commentators took to Twitter to voice speculation. People are speculating the situation with Southwest Airlines isn't about air traffic control, but the company's pilots on a protest, walking out over a vaccine mandate. Southwest only has one employee helping? /HgVjD320sa- Justin Langfeldt October 10, 2021 Thousands of families delayed, hundreds in line. YYge35OfmW- norra the explorer October 9, 2021 Y’all are killing me I literally have always spoken so highly of your airline. I knew I shouldn’t have checked in my bags. I’ve been in this line for 2 hours at MCO. I have been on the phone litteraly for 3 hours because I have a flight from nyc on Monday to Istanbul and you decided to cancel my flight on 7 to LGA, and the earliest flight is on Tuesday!! Im not settling for a refund cause the value of the ticket has changed, I have 4 big bags /clmbCno7a6- Mohammed Hanbali October 9, 2021 CfO3YHSZCJ- Andrew Sproge October 10, 2021 Apparently the “taking care” of us meant the baby is welcome to lay on the carpet as we wait til tomorrow for another flight. They told us they would send us to Honolulu and take care of us when we arrived. This is what that looks like.įlight to Maui was cancelled after arriving in Vegas. The FAA also said there was "severe weather and staffing issues" impacting service at Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center. The outlet says Southwest Airlines overseer Alan Kasher gave this official line of reasoning to employees: "We experienced significant impact in the Florida airports evening after an FAA-imposed air traffic management program was implemented due to weather and resulted in a large number of cancellations." This on top of the 808 canceled flights back on Saturday. (1/2) /o1scQJ5lLb- Southwest Airlines October 9, 2021Īccording to CNBC, on Sunday, it's over 1,000 additional Southwest Airline flights facing cancellation. We appreciate your patience as we accommodate affected Customers, and Customer Service wait times are longer than usual. The replies to this Southwest Airlines tweet from the official company account are filled with grievances.ĪTC issues and disruptive weather have resulted in a high volume of cancellations throughout the weekend while we work to recover our operation. Over on social media this weekend, online chatter is growing with increasingly unsatisfied Southwest Airlines customers who are facing delays and cancellations for their flights.
What some say is due to bad weather and air traffic control issues, while others are arguing that pilots in protest over COVID-19 vaccine mandates is what's causing a widespread disruption.
There's conflicting answers over what's happening in the airline industry today.
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