SWA Pilots

Are they calling in sick? Quitting? Walking a protest line?

I can’t find a real answer.

I understand they are calling in sick, but there is not official protest or strike.

LUV

SWA blamed it on the weather. Did anyone see the national radar when this was breaking ?

Pilots can't strike and their unions can't have any knowledge of an organized strike. It was a grassroots event and handled the way it should have been handled.

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...t-cancellations-continue-monday-80515871

Charlie

Hat's off to Bryan at 407BBQ for hooking them up.



And if "weather" caused them to cancel 2000 flights, why didn't the same "weather" hit the other airlines?

Airlines like to blame weather. It is not within their control and they don't have to compensate passengers.

I’ve seen a few unconfirmed reports mentioning that SWA’s scheduling software is garbage and can’t handle major adjustments on the fly. Sounds plausible considering the issues they’ve had over the past few months.

Screw SWA. I have no idea why people praise them as an airline. They are nothing more than a discount airline without the discount. I’d rather fly Spirit.

Curious though, has SWA stock taken a hit? May need to buy some

Im not a SW fan but have you seen the folks in the terminals waiting on Spirit flights, lol.

The stock was down a bit yesterday but not enough for me to jump in.

Lol BigPig.

Here’s my preferred lineup:
1) AA
2) United/Delta
3) SWA
4) kick to the nuts
5) Spirit

Lol, no

We only fly AA. I refuse to be part of a cattle hearding operation such as SWA

I don't think they (pilots) can go on "strike" by law.

I purchased tickets that fly tomorrow and return Sunday (17th). How, on Sunday (10th), did Southwest cancel the Sunday (17th) flight due to weather?! They must have some bass weather intelligence that no other airlines seem to have and, even more crazy, that are weather people don't seem to have either!

Yeah, that is awesome of 407BBQ.

Love it! We need more industries shutting down and saying enough is enough. I travel weekly and this is a giant inconvenience but time for hard working Americans to stand up to this tyranny.

I fly spirit for free often cuz I ended up with some bonus points a few years ago and haven’t used them all. I’ll take free any day.

Flew to Nashville recently by myself with no checked bag for free. No problems. I can handle a cramped seat in a short flight for free.
Flew last week with the wife to Florida and basic flight was free but we paid $120 and upgraded to the front row big seats. They were awesome for a 2.5 hour flight. No complaints here.

Used to think that way, but after a 7-hour flight to AK taking 49.5 hours on 3 airlines and AA losing the luggage for 3 weeks, I'm thinking Delta from now on.

My wife and I swore off American Airlines 7 years ago. Terrible customer service, terrible priced, broke down planes, late planes. They suck at life and I wish they would fail.

Frontier Airlines for the win.

Only reason I don't fly SWA is because I don't want to drive to dallas.

Only reason I fly SW is getting in and out of Love is a pleasure compared to DFW.

Exact same for here with Hobby vs Bush

My boss would only fly AA. I only flew other airlines when I had to. I moved to Roanoke when traveling to be close to DFW and I was not going to drive to Love.

Exact opposite for me

I hope they hold the line and it inconveniences a chit load or important people, that way it’ll make a difference

Southwest stewardesses used to wear hot pants. Didn't hire ugly fat chicks. Some here remember.

Those were the days!

Herb had a water cooler full of Wild Turkey in the conference room.

The whole idea started out drawn on a cocktail napkin in a San Antonio bar.🍸

He came and talked in one of my wife business classes while she was at UT, she said he burned heaters the entire time, this was in the early 2000's.

I flew to Albany, NY a couple weeks ago on AA and luckily didn't have any problems but I was definitely worried about cancellations and delays. Glad we didn't choose Southwest.

Getting stuck at an airport is so dang frustrating being completely out of control.

AA goes everywhere we want to go, and usually goes there direct. That’s a big reason for us to use AA. The other reason is my wife flew on them 3-5 times a week for years, so she’s earned a lifetime status which is irreplaceable

Please support these guys if you able. There is a bill on the table to require a vaccine for all air travel.

https://www.usfreedomflyers.org/

this does not bode well for the stock market. SWA stock is sucking air right now. None of this is good for the country headed for another Great Depression.

You cant keep printing money. S.S.A.B.

America down the tubes till people not politicians take the country back.

Looks like the CEO has backed down!

https://www.americanthinker.com/blo..._employees_who_refuse_to_get_vaxxed.html

No he didn't. Go to the bottom of the article and read the update.

Sounds a lot like what United did. You can get your exception, but we are going to put you on unpaid leave until we figure out what is going on with the virus and how we can bring you back to work. In other words, you're out of a job.

It was storming, heavy rain and lightning over Dallas tonight around 10pm, SWA planes were still flying into LUV, guess they forgot to cancel due to “weather”

I love companies that can’t be honest with their customers. Y’all keep praising them

That one is Alaska Airlines - good to see it's not just SWA pilots/crews.

If I never fly again - that is fine by me. They all have showed their [censored] the last two years.

I was asking a buddy about this yesterday and here's his reply. He's a pilot for a different airline, but is in the industry.

Wifeypoo lifted off on time this AM. Be extra careful if you find yourself in the HEB area.

AA canceled my flight to Boston Monday morning. Got up at 3:30am, drove to Austin, and was standing in line for the TSA check point at 5:15 and my phone ding dinged saying my flight was canceled. I could have still been sleeping.

I have several classmates flying for SWA and they are saying the same as well. It may not have come down from the union directly, but make no mistake it was coordinated.

I get the sense it is a very tongue-in-cheek Steve Urkel, "Oops, did I do that?" kind of moment between line and management. The media (social and mainstream) is making it solely into a vax issue and small minds are buying into that one story line. There have been multiple issues brewing under the surface at the airlines that are coming to a head at SWA. The pilots flexed and got it to this point.

LUV stock was up a little today. They split awhile back.

heard a female talking about a mckinney hospital that has a shortage of doctors and nursed due to the vaxxx mandate. So, fema is busing in doctors to help out BUT the fema doctors do not need to be vaxxxed............

Why would they? They are not employed by the hospital.

It is not about safety or health. It is about control.

I figured all the buses were tied up shipping illegals to red states...

Guys normally post in the other forum under a different screen name,but i do follow this forum also,I am a 26 year employee of the Dallas based airline,I can tell you that absolutely the bus drivers and waitresses were making a statement,they can not acknowledge this because of the railway labor act,without serious legal consequences,but the POS that runs the airline knew good and well what was happening when it happened,and he lied his a$$ off for three days.
I have many friends and coworkers who will be fired next month because they made a personal choice not to be vaxed,our airline is staffed with a large percentage of ex military personnel due to Herbs belief that they were the cream of the crop and the most loyal employees,these same people are also the last ones to be forced against their will to do anything.
If our upper management does not grow a set of balls in the next few weeks and give Washington the finger,then our airline will cease to function during the busiest time of the year.