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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So sick of the Southwest apologists!  It wasn’t the weather, it wasn’t point to point it was a systems failure.

The unions have been warning of the software problems for years, the last CEO admitted they had been underfunding software for years, the company filed a disclosure with the SEC admitting lack of modern software could cause financial problems. A similar thing happened on a smaller scale in the last couple years.

This whole idea that we have to put up with shitty service or we’ll get no service is just last stage capitalism BS. The company spent $9 billion buying its own stock instead of upgrading software.

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A new software system tracking 1000s of planes, the pilots and attendants, who each land in 10+ different cities each day would still not result in returning to flights as quickly as a shuttle hopper or long haul model.  They need more time to reset after a disaster no store storm at a time off 100% booked flights. It was a perfect storm for them. They carry more domestic passengers daily than any other carrier and they offer more domestic cities than any national or regional airliner. Of course their jets and crew are scattered about.

But if Biden and Buttegieg want to create another domestic delta or United shuttle triangle play to big MSAs and let customers link to regional jets for cities less than 1m people, so be it.

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