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Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by zenithd on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @03:51PM (#28856755)
The union says there's no strike, the airline says there's no strike, no other airlines experienced similar failures despite similar mandates, and there's an alternative explanation that fits all of the available the evidence (and there's a lot of public evidence since these are domestic commercial flights). Additionally, people who want to stir up FUD about vaccine mandates have an incentive to lie.

So, one possibility is that there's a fast conspiracy that involves NOAA, the FAA, Miami airport admin, air traffic controllers, Southwest, the pilot's union, etc.

The other possibility a few conservative commentators are talking out of their ass.

Sorry... this one just isn't that hard.

Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by ed25519FUUU on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:22PM (#28857191)
Agree, but why hasn't anyone asked the pilots?
Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by zenithd on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:41PM (#28857411)
The pilot's union is on the list I gave.

Aside from the union: because Southwest employs 8,500 pilots and they're not exactly all on linkedin or something.

Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by kfprt on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:48PM (#28859319)
You're just misinformed and wrong.

The union and airline say there's no strike or sick out (job action) because strikes and job actions are illegal under the Federal Railway Labor act. They are unsurprisingly denying doing anything illegal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mediation_Board

Your Pilot Career and Scope Clauses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XYpZg0SPCE

Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by shock-value on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @09:11PM (#28859465)
That explains why the union would lie. Why does it explain why the airline would also cover (lie) for them?
Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by kfprt on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:10PM (#28859793)
Refunds. If flights are cancelled for pretty much any reason aside from weather the company is on the hook for hotel rooms and refunds.