Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours

Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by mateo411 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:55PM (#34155591)

You live 1 hour away from SFO but 4 hours away from SAC? SFO is two hours away from SAC. How is that possible? Maybe it's 3 hours away if there is traffic.

I realize that this was inconvenient and a big hassle, so I don't want to make light of it, but something seems off with the geography.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by thaumasiotes on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:43PM (#34156005)

No, the travel time to and from SMF doesn't total eight hours. But there is overhead involved in making long trips that isn't necessary for short trips.

- You need to allow for a wider margin of error in predicting travel times, which means leaving earlier than strictly necessary. But leaving early doesn't mean getting back early; you have to wait for the plane to debark.

- This trip was long enough to be more demanding than an electric car could handle, requiring 30 minutes of time spent parked and charging the car.

- More time was wasted waiting for the luggage to show up; we were not informed that it hadn't been sent.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by lostapathy on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:49PM (#34156051)

Bad weather for planes often makes road travel a lot slower than normal too.

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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by nier on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:56PM (#34156114)

They probably needed extra time to take care of the paperwork for the misrouted luggage and have some food. Wasting time wastes time.

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