Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours

Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by EFreethought on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @03:24PM (#34153294)

> Scheduling is quite easy when it goes normally. Scheduling becomes a more difficult task when more exceptions happen.

I think some slack/spare capacity or redundancy somewhere would make a LOT of problems less likely to happen. Running lean only works out when nothing goes wrong. I know I should not be shocked by the extent of human stupidity, but why the "business" types do not get this is bizarre to me.

And paying people more would help too.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by HDThoreaun on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @03:41PM (#34153508)

The airline business is too competitive for labor slack. People fly spirit because it’s $5 cheaper. Any airline that incorporates slack will immediately find itself without customers. If they make it to a catastrophe it would work out, but it’s extremely unlikely that they will be on business that long.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by tpmoney on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:19PM (#34153964)

That memo from the VP someone linked earlier seems to indicate their slack / spare capacity has already been used.

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