And it’s a suspicion that the federal vaccine mandate is also behind this, at least to some degree. One that’s responsible for scores of angry tweets and social media posts denouncing Southwest. There is, meanwhile, still one more complicating factor to note.
Reports Bloomberg: “Recovering from such issues is more difficult these days because there are fewer frequencies between cities in the carrier’s current schedule, the spokesperson said.” Rumors flying about the vaccine mandate And that air traffic control issues confined to that one region only compounded the problem. FlightAware, however, showed a whopping 1,019 Southwest Airlines cancellations and another 691 flight delays Sunday evening.Ī Southwest spokesperson told Bloomberg on Sunday that what happened here was bad weather in Florida essentially kicking off a wave of disruptions. One reason this claim seemed suspicious to some people is that - wouldn’t you expect some sort of equivalent wave of cancellations from Southwest competitors like Delta and United? Especially since the weather was bad enough for an airline like Southwest to scrap 28% of its flights this weekend? Yet, according to FlightAware, Delta Air Lines reported just three canceled flights on Sunday, and nine for United Airlines. Go to the source and check it out yourself: Which it decided was important enough to pin to the top of its page:Īir traffic control real-time status is always available for the public. Some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to aircraft and crews being out of place.”Īnd as if that wasn’t enough? The FAA followed up Sunday evening with this tweet as a further defense of itself. “Flight delays & cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday PM due to widespread severe weather, military training, & limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville en route center. “No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday,” the FAA’s statement reads. But the FAA itself also took to Twitter, posting a statement that can essentially be read as: Don’t you dare blame this on us or on our air traffic control employees. In a tweet on Saturday, here’s what Southwest said: “(Air traffic control) issues and disruptive weather have resulted in a high volume of cancellations throughout the weekend while we work to recover our operation.” Record-high Southwest Airlines cancellationsīasically, the airline blamed a combination of factors, including air traffic control issues as well as inclement weather. Southwest customer line in Denver, Colorado after flights were unexpectedly canceled in a suspected strike related to the vaccine mandate.
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