If a week’s wages doesn’t offset the cost of a 1 way rental, I’d say ‘fuck it’ too…
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I honestly believe they will. It’ll take some time to sort it out but I think they will make it right. Probably not right enough for some though. Can’t please everyone.
I wonder if thier point to point approach to flights is left over from the wright amendment which didn't allow direct flights except neighboring states from love field until 2014.
Still, that's 8 years to upgrade the computers.
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Still, that's 8 years to upgrade the computers.
Wright Amendment - Wikipedia
Well, you could be in the back of a U-Haul with a polka band.
So roll the dice on the 1st class Delta seat for $1600 and hope they reimburse?
Well I didn’t say that. Probably reimburse equivalent of the sw ticket
There’s an email address to send receipts to already so there’s something. The biggest bitch is going to get the oceans of suitcases where they need to go.
I thought of this scenario many times already and thank any God that will listen that it isn’t this bad
Literally what?
Well, I truly hope you get there. You’re in the Southwest of cars…
The current CEO owns this shit sandwich, however its more the fault of the prior CEO who for 10+ years only gave a fuck about ROI, ROI, ROI... If it didnt give him ROI to own in the next little while to pump stock values, it didnt happen. So he put off IT upgrades because there damn near isnt any ROI or its "well thats a billion dollars to do and ROI is 20+ years" "yea fuck that, were not doing it"...
And this is what happens...
The current CEO has been in since I think its Feb 1st of this year(2022) and he had already committed 4 billion dollars to a huge IT rebuild, but that shit takes a long time in this massively regulated business.
And this is what happens...
The current CEO has been in since I think its Feb 1st of this year(2022) and he had already committed 4 billion dollars to a huge IT rebuild, but that shit takes a long time in this massively regulated business.
Fucking tell me about it…
At least it doesn’t have many miles on it. Until I get finished with it.
We’ll be back in Denver on Friday afternoon unless some other dumb shit happens.
I wonder if this is a little karma for me being a tiny bit glad my wife and her dad had a yuge argument and I won’t have to deal with him for a while?
It has been sad watching Southwest come to this. I've ridden on them quite a bit at different times over the last 33 years or so.
I know people that used to run into Herb riding around the system the back in the 90's.
I've ridden enough lately to be A-Lister and have seen stations with chronic understaffing and run of the mill big airline drone employees. I've waited for nearly 30 minutes for a gate at Hobby, with lots of empty gates. I've waited at the gate for 30 minutes for someone to come drive the jet bridge. I've been told at a smaller station that the bags will come out when they come out because we only have one person doing that today.
I have still had the occasional good days when everyone had the old school WN motivation.
I used to like watching the business talks Herb would give. Some people endeavor to build and run a company that creates value for both the customers and shareholders.
Hope it gets better for y'all.
I know people that used to run into Herb riding around the system the back in the 90's.
I've ridden enough lately to be A-Lister and have seen stations with chronic understaffing and run of the mill big airline drone employees. I've waited for nearly 30 minutes for a gate at Hobby, with lots of empty gates. I've waited at the gate for 30 minutes for someone to come drive the jet bridge. I've been told at a smaller station that the bags will come out when they come out because we only have one person doing that today.
I have still had the occasional good days when everyone had the old school WN motivation.
I used to like watching the business talks Herb would give. Some people endeavor to build and run a company that creates value for both the customers and shareholders.
Hope it gets better for y'all.
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Arguably this entire shitshow kicked off last week with the winter storm hitting Denver, where windchills were -40.
Plus, leadership like this...
Plus, leadership like this...
‘It was absolutely shocking’: BNA passenger records airport police officer threatening to arrest customers
A video has gone viral on social media after a family documented their encounter with a Nashville International Airport police officer Sunday night, threatening to arrest a group of passengers wait…
www.wkrn.com Not only did southwest fuck everyone every which way. Then they ORDERED the Nashville popo to threaten arrest rape and death on anyone who complained or had the nerve to ask what was going on.
So now even ticket clerks can Oder the badge hero’s to shit on their oath and make threats !
Wow, you really don't fuck around when it comes to drama-queening, do you?‘It was absolutely shocking’: BNA passenger records airport police officer threatening to arrest customers
A video has gone viral on social media after a family documented their encounter with a Nashville International Airport police officer Sunday night, threatening to arrest a group of passengers wait…
Not only did southwest fuck everyone every which way. Then they ORDERED the Nashville popo to threaten arrest rape and death on anyone who complained or had the nerve to ask what was going on.
So now even ticket clerks can Oder the badge hero’s to shit on their oath and make threats !
Something tells me the manager of every establishment you frequent knows exactly who you are.
The problem with SWA has been their business model from the gitgo. Even back when they only flew to 3 cities in Texas, their model has always been "our planes don't make money on the ground". Hence the 737s with 20 minute turnarounds at the gate. Now that they're big with all the interconnecting flights, a single delay cascades through their system at a much faster rate. Once one plane is late by just a few minutes, either passengers are going to miss their connection or the next plane is going to be late as well.
Add to that their model of short hops with multiple connections and a simple rain delay causes a ripple effect like no other.
Then at the end of a bad day, a lot of planes can be out of position for the next day due to the delays and flight crews hitting time limits. So the crap sandwich continues into the next day.
When I traveled extensively for business out of Texas, I learned to take SWA only before noon and for shorter flights.
Add to that their model of short hops with multiple connections and a simple rain delay causes a ripple effect like no other.
Then at the end of a bad day, a lot of planes can be out of position for the next day due to the delays and flight crews hitting time limits. So the crap sandwich continues into the next day.
When I traveled extensively for business out of Texas, I learned to take SWA only before noon and for shorter flights.
The biggest difference I see, is the lack of recovery. Pretty much all the other carriers bounced back in a few days, SW is still trying to untangle that mess. That system will take years to implement and fix. For the employee’s sake (have some friends over there), I hope they can find a way.
A quality operation will do what it takes to right the ship. Fly empty birds, add extra sections to the schedule, etc… to reposition equipment, crews, bags, whatever pax are there.
A quality operation will do what it takes to right the ship. Fly empty birds, add extra sections to the schedule, etc… to reposition equipment, crews, bags, whatever pax are there.
You can count on Juan to provide a level-headed assessment.
Right if my flight was delayed but I had no idea for how long and said flight didn’t get canceled to 4am and around 9pm I had the audacity and gall to ask the ticket clears for information then I guess I’d be an asshole and the local LEO should threaten me with false arrest. Sounds perfectly reasonable!
CEOs that know nothing about the core business they run - CEOs from accounting/finance background. Been going on for years and MANY businesses are on the edge of failure as their leaders do not understand or care to understand their core business. Car companies, airlines, paper companies, chemical companies - you name it.
That’s what happens when you fly “The Official Airline of Poor People Everywhere.”
Fly a real airline that has real First Class, or go Charter.
Southwest is for Gimps. They’re racing Spirit the be King of the Poors.
Fly a real airline that has real First Class, or go Charter.
Southwest is for Gimps. They’re racing Spirit the be King of the Poors.
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