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mell says

Personal air travel may be exaggerated and abused by the wealthy, but it is def necessary these days.

Def necessary for the employees, management. Discretionary for all others, including the wealthy.

mell says

It is said that container ships and possibly cruise ships emit the most unclean exhaust (incl. "clean" co2) though. Not sure how it compares to jet fuel

The thing is, it's physics: rail and ocean freight don't have to burn carbon fuels to fight gravity.

This is why those modes are cheaper modes of freight.

Well there is some thermic gliding as well once you reach cruising altitude. Also it's possible the pilots will follow soon as they know well heart related side effects will be exacerbated at high altitude.

The Epoch Times is the first major paper to pick up this story and do a good job covering it.

“ Southwest Airlines has canceled at least 1,000 Sunday flights as of 12 p.m. ET, according to flight tracker FlightAware, coming after numerous cancelations were reported Saturday.

“We experienced significant impact in the Florida airports [Friday] evening after an FAA-imposed air traffic management program was implemented due to weather and resulted in a large number of cancellations,” Alan Kasher, who oversees Southwest’s flight operations, in a statement obtained by several news outlets on Saturday.

About 800 Southwest flights were canceled on Saturday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Other major carriers, including American Airlines and Spirit Airlines, appeared to have significantly fewer disruptions.

The Epoch Times has contacted Southwest for comment, including regarding whether the cancelations were due to staffing shortages related to the firm’s recently announced COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which oversees air traffic in the United States, also didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Southwest said in a statement on Saturday that it is attempting to “return to close to normal operations as we move into Sunday.”

We are working hard behind the scenes to minimize challenges and fully recover the operation as we take care of displaced Crews and Customers as quickly as possible,” the company said, without elaborating on the nature of the flight disruptions.

The firm’s Saturday statement also blamed the issue on air traffic control problems and the weather.

We experienced significant impact in the Florida airports yesterday (Friday) evening after an FAA-imposed air traffic management program was implemented due to weather and resulted in a large number of cancellations,” Southwest said.

There was speculation on social media that the flight cancelations were being triggered by employees calling in sick en masse. In its statement Saturday, Southwest did not make reference to the speculation.

“Southwest Airlines must join our industry peers in complying with the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccination directive,” Southwest CEO Gary Kelly announced on Oct. 4, explaining that the company works as a federal contractor and needs to comply with President Joe Biden’s September vaccine mandate for federal employees and contractors. That prompted a lawsuit from Southwest’s pilot union, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, which is seeking a court injunction against the mandate.

On its website Saturday, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association blamed the cancelations on “a number of issues, but we can say with confidence that our Pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions,” in an apparent reference to speculations about employees calling in sick.

“Our Pilots will continue to overcome [Southwest Airlines] management’s poor planning, as well as any external operational challenges, and remain the most productive Pilots in the world,” the statement continued. “They will continue to be focused on their highest priority—safety.”

Meanwhile, on Sunday morning, there were long lines at Southwest’s ticket counter in the Tampa airport, according to local media.

B.J. Romero, a passenger, told Fox13, “I have two kids. I have appointments. I have work. I can’t miss work. I have people relying on me, so I have to be home. That’s not going to work for me.”

When asked about whether Southwest’s claim about bad weather caused mass cancelations, Romero balked at the suggestion. “That sounds like baloney to me,” Romero told the station. “The weather is fine in all connecting areas, there’s no bad weather.”

“There’s got to be something behind the scenes they’re not telling us.”


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Shaman says

There was speculation on social media that the flight cancelations were being triggered by employees calling in sick en masse. In its statement Saturday, Southwest did not make reference to the speculation.

Yeah. I suppose that if an airline blamed ATC for problems, some passive aggressive behavior by controllers while working to rules could wreak havoc for that airline.

They airlines should strike over Thanksgiving and say they’re just following Biden’s orders to keep people from gathering, for their own safety. A self-imposed lockdown.

mell says

Also it's possible the pilots will follow soon as they know well heart related side effects will be exacerbated at high altitude.

Jet aircraft are more efficient the higher they fly. But no matter how high the airplane flies, cabin pressure is kept at 8,000 feet pressure.

B.A.C.A.H. says

You mean like the cost savings if cheaper modes of transit are substituted?

Wow, no. I mean like the worldwide protests against the complete loss of freedom we're facing. I mean like the ability we all have to make this go away if we'll stand together. I mean like how our economy was tanking November of 2019, and then Covid hit.

Shaman says

The Epoch Times is the first major paper to pick up this story and do a good job covering it.

Except that they completely avoid doing investigation, or even mentioning the story social media picked up 24 hours before they even sniffed this.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/10/10/southwest-airlines-reputation-crumbles-after-fallout-from-covid-policies-n454641

people are furious with Southwest Airlines. By blaming non-existent weather problems, they were able to avoid giving refunds or paying for layover expenses for those left stranded, many sitting on planes for hours.

Booger says

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/10/10/southwest-airlines-reputation-crumbles-after-fallout-from-covid-policies-n454641

people are furious with Southwest Airlines. By blaming non-existent weather problems, they were able to avoid giving refunds or paying for layover expenses for those left stranded, many sitting on planes for hours.

Can't blame SW. This is going to be commonplace until we stop paying people to sit on their asses or forcing them to get vaccinated. I fly out on the 20th to SJU and then on to STT. First leg is SW, so I'm getting a bit nervous. Hoping they have this hashed out in a week and a half. I think they will. Their customer service is excellent, even if I have to get a bit direct and bichy. They've always pulled through for us as non-fare paying passengers.

This is what trip insurance is for though. Get it every time now.

This pretty much sums it up
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1447533987770023941?s=21

Rumors swirling that Amtrak employees joining as well...

https://defiantamerica.com/amtrak-train-crews-allegedly-joins-the-walkout-started-by-air-traffic-controllers-and-southwest-pilots-msm-ignores-the-walkout/

The deadline is November, so the pilots are taking their PTOs before then.

Very clever!

I can't believe any leftoid retard even communist marxist would write that shit. Those "palmer report" smug assholes are like those deranged retards ranting that they don't want an "unvaxxed" MD treating their deranged bodies. Fucking ingrates, be grateful you have people bussing you around and treating you in need. Fucking fucks.

Florida is a tough nut to crack for the commies, because they have managed to put deep from the Hood employees in almost every public facing job from the City, County, Federal, and Transportation jobs. Black people aren't having this Fauci Says get the deadly jab, bullshit.

The Democrats thought, they had the black folk in the bag. Yesterday Biden snapped on them and threatened a Black caucus of Black useful stooges, they better snap too, or he will see to it, to replace them all with Commie Latino Scumbags, that come from and bring their Low Class/High Class(haves and have not) society along with them.

porkchopexpress says

This pretty much sums it up
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1447533987770023941?s=21

Hell, that's so good I'm going to make a post out of it.

https://patrick.net/post/1341834/2021-10-11-airline-pilot-when-we-give-up-our-freed

When we give up our freedom so easily, we dishonor every American soldier who died for our freedom.