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Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by hunterb123 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:24PM (#28857220)
Sure it could have just been "one dude" but a walkout by one pilot is still a walkout and not a weather event. One pilot can delay a whole airline if they only have a couple planes.

The other strange thing about the weather claim is it only affected SW for some reason.

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Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by ceejayoz on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:33PM (#28857319)
> The other strange thing about the weather claim is it only affected SW for some reason.

Addressed in the article, and it'd be similarly weird for Biden's vaccine mandate to affect just Southwest.

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Re:Southwest new CEO denies walk-off rumors, defends pilots ... by zenithd on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:32PM (#28857311)
> Sure it could have just been "one dude" but a walkout by one pilot is still a walkout and not a weather event.

That's not a walkout. That's one dude calling in.

> One pilot can delay a whole airline if they only have a couple planes.

LOL what are you saying? 1,800 flights were cancelled. Was that one guy flying like 200 planes simultaneously? The John Galt of pilots, no doubt.

> The other strange thing about the weather claim is it only affected SW for some reason.

See my comment on the other thread.

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