Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours

Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by BitwiseFool on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @11:17AM (#34149964)

This is hearsay, but I believe any cancellations due to weather are not subject to fines and fees from the FAA, or being responsible for providing more generous compensation/accommodation for customers. So if there's any reasonable way to blame a failure on inclement weather an airline company will do so without hesitation.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by 0x445442 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @11:59AM (#34150582)

You’re wrong dude.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SouthwestAirlines/comments/zw6upo/h...

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by ipython on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:20PM (#34150939)

How does that post in any way refute the parents point? I agree with the parent that management will try like hell to blame this on the weather- heck they already are. Just check out their press releases.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by 0x445442 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:27PM (#34151054)

Yeah I’m a bit confused how the comment even relates to mine. I took it to mean that my assertion that laying blame on the weather for this mess is bogus and a lie. But that assumption may be wrong.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by ThunderSizzle on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @01:00PM (#34151491)

He's not wrong. Every airline will attempt to blame operational issues on non-finable causes, such as weather.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by tedunangst on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @01:14PM (#34151701)

So what are the finable causes for flight cancellation?

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by bumby on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:43PM (#34151290)

>cancellations due to weather are not subject to fines and fees from the FAA

I thought this too, but apparently there are no federal regulations other than reimbursement for the direct costs.

"Airlines are not required to provide passengers with money or other compensation for costs that fall outside of the cancelled airline ticket and fees tied directly to the airline ticket (such as baggage fees, seat upgrades, etc.) when flights are cancelled." [1]

"Each airline has its own policies about what it will do for customers on bumped or cancelled flights. There are no federal requirements." [2]

However, there are rules around "bumping" passengers on a flight.

"An airline is required to compensate you after involuntarily bumping you from an oversold flight in certain situations. However, there are many situations where you are not entitled to compensation." [3]

[1] https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer...

[2] https://www.faa.gov/faq/what-are-policies-bumped-or-cancelle...

[3] https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer...

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