More than 2,300 Southwest flights already canceled for Thursday

[Disir]

Mass flight disruptions at Southwest Airlines continued on Thursday, with the carrier canceling more than 2,300 flights.

Southwest’s 2,356 cancellations comprise the vast majority of the 2,443 total canceled flights within, into or out of the U.S. on Thursday, according to FlightAware.


The carrier’s cancellations include 58 percent of its schedule, which is on par with levels seen over the past few days as Southwest repositions its planes and crews following a massive winter storm.

Although most other airlines have recovered from the storm-related disruptions, Southwest’s struggling scheduling system and other issues have caused a multi-day meltdown of its operations, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

More than 2,300 Southwest flights already canceled for Thursday

Mass flight disruptions at Southwest Airlines continued on Thursday, with the carrier canceling more than 2,300 flights. Southwest’s 2,356 cancellations comprise the vast majority of the 2,443 tota…

thehill.com

This is a nightmare. As an aside, 34 states need to have people all in this nonsense about refunds.

 

[initforme]

Nice job southwest. Inept. Totally inept corporation.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Mass flight disruptions at Southwest Airlines continued on Thursday, with the carrier canceling more than 2,300 flights.

Southwest’s 2,356 cancellations comprise the vast majority of the 2,443 total canceled flights within, into or out of the U.S. on Thursday, according to FlightAware.


The carrier’s cancellations include 58 percent of its schedule, which is on par with levels seen over the past few days as Southwest repositions its planes and crews following a massive winter storm.

Although most other airlines have recovered from the storm-related disruptions, Southwest’s struggling scheduling system and other issues have caused a multi-day meltdown of its operations, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

More than 2,300 Southwest flights already canceled for Thursday

Mass flight disruptions at Southwest Airlines continued on Thursday, with the carrier canceling more than 2,300 flights. Southwest’s 2,356 cancellations comprise the vast majority of the 2,443 tota…

thehill.com

This is a nightmare. As an aside, 34 states need to have people all in this nonsense about refunds.

Yep. Happens when you run outdated scheduling software, don't maintain a hub based flight pattern, and continually give the short end of the shaft to your employees and then run them into the ground working them.
Spirit Airlines roundly gets ridiculed as being the worst airline in this country. You might see this change after this meltdown.

 

[Mr Natural]

What do you expect?

The CEO only makes a lousy $6 million a year.

 

[initforme]

Yep. Happens when you run outdated scheduling software, don't maintain a hub based flight pattern, and continually give the short end of the shaft to your employees and then run them into the ground working them.
Spirit Airlines roundly gets ridiculed as being the worst airline in this country. You might see this change after this meltdown.

Yep the company heads doesn't like to work with the pilots or workers union. See where that is getting them?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Nice job southwest. Inept. Totally inept corporation.

It is all Biden's fault.

 

[initforme]

I'm sure the CEO will get a bonus for this.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Yep the company heads doesn't like to work with the pilots or workers union. See where that is getting them?

That's been Southwest's MO since the 90's. Trying to maintain being a discount airline in a changing economic reality. Up until the pandemic, it worked for them.
Now, it's working against them...badly.

 

[candycorn]

It is all Biden's fault.

I'm thinking it's Hunter's fault.

 

[candycorn]

A bomb cyclone combined with high demand will cause some delays.

As for Southwest in particular; I love flying Southwest. Thankfully the powers that be have me driving more and flying less and we hired new people in the far flung places I used to cover. New people--no vacation time yet. Yay!!!

Otherwise, I'd be in the middle of it. Got lucky.

 

[Mr Natural]

I'm sure the CEO will get a bonus for this.

All those non refunded airfares have to go somewhere.