I can only imagine the potential lawsuits if one of these planes were to have issues with a much less experienced crew all because the airline wanted to save the government revenue over keeping the experience of their more senior pilots while also willing to cast off 25-30% of their employees. Not to reassuring if you are a passenger. So now the cockpit contains a very much less experienced crew. So when they backfill these guys they will need to elevate the junior co-pilots to Captains and bring in possibly more raw, inexperienced co-pilots. My bet is the majority of the Pilots who are resisting the jab are the more senior pilots thus probably more Captains than Co-Pilots. So let’s play this out with a hypothetical……………ġ) An airline can choose to give up their government contract revenue and by doing so they can keep 100% of their employees AND allow them all freedom of choice with no mandate.Ģ) An airline can choose to keep the government contract revenue and in return they must be willing to lose 25-30% of its work force with the assumption they can hire back. Those steps include the Covid-19 vaccination requirement. During your one-hour Checkedandset call, we review your Southwest Airlines pilot application for a multitude of things including content, format, spelling, and grammar. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association’s filing Friday also asked for an immediate hearing on the request before a federal court in Dallas, claiming the carrier has continued to take unilateral actions that violate terms of the Railway Labor Act, which governs airline-union relations. pilots asked a court to temporarily block the company from carrying out federally mandated coronavirus vaccinations until an existing lawsuit over alleged U.S. Southwest apologized to travelers for long customer service waits.” (link)Ģ4 hours earlier, Bloomberg News highlighted the real issue: “Southwest Airlines Co. The Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees air traffic, didn’t immediately comment.
“We experienced significant impact in the Florida airports evening after an FAA-imposed air traffic management program was implemented due to weather and resulted in a large number of cancellations,” Alan Kasher, who oversees daily flight operations, told staff in a note on Saturday.
Southwest issue as explained via NBC: “Southwest Airlines cancelled more than 1,000 flights, 27% of its schedule, on Sunday as disruptions that the airline blamed on air traffic control issues and bad weather affected the travel plans of thousands of customers. The issue has become exhibit-A in the propaganda war currently raging. People stranded in airports, and people working in airports, are responding on social media with the truth but Southwest Airlines is not willing to admit the push back from the pilots is the real cause. However, customers are calling out Southwest for their nonsense, as everyone knows large numbers of Southwest pilots are not showing up to work in protest over the vaccine mandate. It is vital that we treat everyone with respect and honor our differences without pushing our ideals on someone else.The communications teams at Southwest Airlines are struggling to hide the cause of thousands of cancelled flights this weekend and are blaming Air Traffic Control and weather issues for the issues. "And for every situation we hear about, there are dozens more for which we don't. Many of our people have been faced with an uncomfortable situation where their beliefs are not shared by someone else, resulting in a confrontation of some kind," the memo continued, per USA Today. "We realize there has been a steady drumbeat over the last 19 months about civility and respectful discourse – and that is for good reason. "Crossing the line in a heated conversation can be a violation of our guidelines for employees and can even end in loss of job," the memo reportedly said. In a memo sent to pilots and flight attendants on October 22, Southwest vice president of flight operations Bob Waltz and vice president of inflight operations Sonya Lacore gave a stern warning about civility and expected employee behavior, according to USA Today.
The case has been handed over to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office for review, the police department told Insider. Southwest told Insider that the pilot has been placed on leave while the company conducts an internal investigation, which is currently ongoing, but did not comment further. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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