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mixer99 t1_j20pzcc wrote

Airline executives are saying it's because of the extreme weather the US is experiencing, but I just heard an interview with a leader of the airline employees union and he said it's way more because of mismanagement and staff shortages.

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PM_ur_Rump t1_j210317 wrote

It's both. It's mismanagement to extract maximum profits from minimal crews, colliding with bad weather. It's easier to work around problems when you have the staff and planes to do so.

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BxMxK t1_j20v8zw wrote

After waiting 30+ minutes on a late crew member from another flight in Albuquerque we had to wait over an hour to take off because Denver had too many planes on the ground.

Once in Denver the Southwest Pilot was trying to convince people that they were having difficulty getting fuel into the planes... as though it were freezing. It was single digit temperatures and well above what jet fuel freezes at.

Had to wait 3hrs in line for a gate to park the plane at and then another 45min or so for maintenance crew to fix jetway that wouldn't extend out to the plane.

Finally took 2 trains to get to St Louis because Southwest dropped the ball, kicked it off a cliff, and watched this Christmas go sailing off into the distance.

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