(10-12-2021, 12:05 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(10-12-2021, 11:57 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: "Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says vaccine mandate had “zero” contribution to airline cancellations this weekend"

He now blames absenteeism but blamed weather few days ago. Cmon man.....we all know what is causing the absenteeism.  The mandate.

Weather could cause absenteeism in airline operations.   Flights get delayed, so crews get stranded, and they're not where they need to be to make the next flight, and the whole thing cascades into a huge problem.

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(10-12-2021, 03:41 PM)KingIngram052787 Wrote: SWA is known for keeping costs low, and part of the way that they do that is by not having backup plans at hubs, they fly point to point.  So, one mistake (whatever the reason may be) causes rippling issues.  If you recall about 2 or 3 years ago, all of the SWA planes were sitting on the tarmac at JIA for hours and hours because they made a staffing mistake and had no one to staff the gates.  Probably a similar issue here.  It's how SWA operates specifically to keep costs down, similar to how they only fly one type of jet rather than a fleet of several types.

Exactly.  Companies can maximize profits by taking the slack out of the system and running a very lean operation.  But of course, the danger in that approach is, one little thing can shut down an entire system.

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