{"id":20936,"date":"2022-05-28T18:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20936"},"modified":"2022-05-28T18:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T13:14:35","slug":"southwest-airlines-announced-has-revoked-20000-flights-see-the-bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/28\/southwest-airlines-announced-has-revoked-20000-flights-see-the-bad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines announced has revoked 20,000 flights. See the bad news."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelers really need to steel themselves this summer. They just don’t know where the next issue is arriving from. Business travel is (allegedly) back, and Southwest Airlines has ultimately committed itself to give customers the basic technology they expect on a flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The southwest airline<\/a> is spending $2 billion on enhanced — and even free — wifi on its planes. It’s finally installing power ports, too. Yes, Southwest planes were always known for having no outlets, and now, voil\u00e1, USB-A, and USB-C ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now there’ll be more entertainment options, new “self-service capabilities,” and even free iPads.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Airlines for canceling 20,000 flights between June and Labor Day <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Actually, I may be entirely wrong about that last one. But as Southwest airline <\/a>declared all this, it became possible to forgive the airline for canceling 20,000 flights between June and Labor Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not as if Southwest doesn’t want to operate those flights, but it just doesn’t have the people — or the planes — to fly them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we’ve said people — an underrated commodity in today’s economy — perhaps it’s wise to consider that just as Southwest frantically tries to hire thousands, 20% of those thousands simply don’t turn up on their first day at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wait, I hear you cry, haven’t the workers who are actually there just decided on a new contract? That was the information in March. Customer service employees had told (a tentative) yes to a new four-year contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stability, particularly among the workforce, is an utter vital to a modern airline. You already have the feeling, though, that I’m bringing you bad news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems, you see, that those very same customer service employees have told (a definitive) no to the deal their union negotiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n