The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) says it will investigate what caused Southwest Airlines’ “unacceptable rate of cancellations and delays” in the wake of Winter Storm Elliott. In a Tweet posted just after 9 p.m. on Dec. 26, the DOT said Southwest’s flight disruptions and “reports of lack of prompt customer service” were cause for…
US DOT To Probe Southwest Airlines’ ‘Unacceptable’ Performance After Winter Storm
Transportation Department to Probe ‘Unacceptable’ Cancellations From Southwest Airlines
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) says it will investigate what caused Southwest Airlines’ “unacceptable rate of cancellations and delays” in the wake of Winter Storm Elliott. In a Tweet posted just after 9 p.m. on Dec. 26, the DOT said Southwest’s flight disruptions and “reports of lack of prompt customer service” were cause for…
DOT to Probe Southwest Airlines’ ‘Unacceptable’ Performance Amid Winter Storm
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) says it will probe what caused Southwest Airlines’ “unacceptable rate of cancellations and delays” that left travelers stranded at airports across the country amid an intense winter storm. In a Tweet posted just after 9 p.m. on Dec. 26, the DOT said Southwest’s flight disruptions and “reports of lack of…
NTD Good Morning (Dec. 27): Southwest Airlines Cancellation Chaos; ‘White Lungs’ Reappear in China Covid Cases
Southwest Airlines canceled close to 3,000 flights on Dec. 26. Find out what travelers have to say about it as they try to navigate the cancellation chaos. Reports from Chinese hospitals are raising an unexpected concern. Is omicron to blame for the virus surge? Or is there a sub-variant spreading throughout the country. Katie Hobbs and…
Southwest Airlines Cancels Over 70 Percent of Flights, Blames Winter Storm
Thousands of people have been left stranded this holiday weekend after Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights amid extreme winter weather conditions. The Dallas, Texas-based airline canceled approximately 2,897 flights as of 22:03 p.m. ET Monday; making up at least 71 percent of its scheduled flights for the day, according to flight tracker FlightAware. That is more cancellations than…
Fired Pro-Life Flight Attendant Calls Reinstatement the ‘Best Christmas Present’
December 20, 2022
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After five years of court battles, Charlene Carter is thrilled that Southwest Airlines has taken steps to return her to work under a federal judge’s order—despite the airline’s earlier statement that it was planning to continue the fight. “Oh, it’s the best Christmas present in the world to receive, that you get to go back…
Southwest Airlines To Fight Judge’s Ruling Slamming ‘Intolerance of Speech’ in Fired Worker’s Case
December 6, 2022
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A pro-life flight attendant’s five-year quest to get her job back may not be over yet. On Dec. 5, a Texas federal judge ordered Southwest Airlines to reinstate Charlene Carter. Judge Brantley Starr also chastised the company’s “intolerance of speech,” as he ordered the company and Transport Workers Union of America Local 556 to pay Carter…
Judge Orders Pro-Life Flight Attendant Re-Hired At Southwest Airlines
December 5, 2022
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A Texas federal judge has ordered Southwest Airlines to reinstate Charlene Carter, the flight attendant who made headlines after a jury ruled that she was unlawfully fired for expressing pro-life views and for criticizing her union. In a decision filed on Dec. 5, five months after a jury decided in Carter’s favor, Judge Brantley Starr…
Federal Court Dismisses 737 MAX Class-Action Lawsuit Against Boeing, Southwest Airlines
A federal appeals court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit accusing The Boeing Company and Southwest Airlines of deceiving passengers by covering up the dangers of the Boeing 737 MAX. On Tuesday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected the 2019 lawsuit in a 3–0 decision citing the plaintiff’s failure to prove…
Southwest Employees Rattled by Big-Brother-Style Policies
November 1, 2022
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Southwest Airlines and a labor union seem to have learned little from the case of pro-life flight attendant Charlene Carter, several longtime employees told The Epoch Times. This summer, a federal jury unanimously awarded Carter more than $5 million, declaring that Southwest illegally fired her in 2017 for “protected speech”—and that her union helped get…
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