Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 2170760)

The public just doesn’t get it though, do they? They couldn’t figure out that they should just stay home for this holiday due to a huge threatening weather front. They’d rather blame the airlines for their own poor judgment.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2170968)

Southwest per the CNN link above is still using technology for its phones, IT etc that are well out of date and has caused issues in the past. A few years ago there was a large tax cut for corporations so they could invest in new products and modernization. What did they do with this windfall? Many US corporations chose to use this new money to buy back their own stock which pushes the stock price up and rewards investors only, no benefit to consumers.



Quick now, who made this highly critical comment about airlines using tax cuts to push up their stock price instead of investing in workers and infrastructure:

“When we did a big tax cut, and when they took the money and did buybacks, that’s not building a hangar, that’s not buying aircraft, that’s not doing the kind of things that I want them to do. We didn’t think we would have had to restrict it because we thought they would have known better. But they didn’t know better, in some cases.”

Many had in fact predicted that the huge tax cuts would go right into the pockets of corporations and stay there rather than be used to benefit the non-stockholders. Surprising fact:

The huge 'blackout' that may be deepening market turbulence | CNN Business

The biggest buyer of stocks between 2009 and 2018 was not individual investors, was not institutional investors... it was corporations buying their own stocks, 4.3 TRILLION dollars in buybacks.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2170416)

I hate to say it, but I think the airlines have become too efficient at filling every seat. Maybe the Federal Government should require airlines to leave 10 percent of the seats empty to allow some flexibility for cancelled flights, etc. Also, I think all bags should be checked. No carry-on luggage in overhead bins.

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2171023)

and people know about this weather front they buy there tickets 2 and 3 months earlier ?

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2170393)

I would never fly on Southwest because they won't give me an assigned seat. I want an assigned seat, and once I sit down, I'm not moving, except to first class. I don't care who wants to sit next to someone else. So, there!

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2170972)

Yes sir, it is the darn government that won't allow those airlines to operate without so many regulations. Somehow every other airline but Southwest managed this storm with far greater competence and skill. Somehow only SWA has completely failed. But you blame government regulations???

Time to rethink your ability to analyze cause and effect.

Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 2171028)

i had no idea this was their policy! another reason to avoid SW. last time i flew with them,(years ago) it seemed the staff was devoting all their time on the floor show before takeoff.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2170972)

Yes sir, it is the darn government that won't allow those airlines to operate without so many regulations. Somehow every other airline but Southwest managed this storm with far greater competence and skill. Somehow only SWA has completely failed. But you blame government regulations???

Time to rethink your ability to analyze cause and effect.

Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 2171027)

You must have missed where the airlines offered ahead of the storms to change tickets at no charge to the customer. They were forecasting this storm for over a week before it’s arrival.

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2171037)

lots of people got home on there flights ,so you think every time they forecast bad weather you should cancel your plans to visit loved ones , and ,spend your vacation days at home , and not have reasonable expectations that the airline will do a much better job then they did .after all didn’t the boss say much of this was there fault , when my parents were alive , I always tried to get home for Christmas no matter where I was in the world , I didn’t get scared off by long range forecast , I took my chances , so you can blame the ticket holders if you like ,I’ll put the blame on the airline that is still floundering as I write this , it truly shows you the old saying you get what you pay for is still true , never flown southwest and never will ,

Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 2170999)

“I WILL always travel to see family at Xmas-no matter what the weather“

Your quote makes me laugh, like you are the ONLY person with this mindset. Then why the whining about delayed travel after a horrendous winter storm? Sit down and wait for the mess you helped create is sorted out.

Southwest apparently needs an update in their systems and there will be hell to pay for that. However, Southwest was not the only airline that suffered huge delays and no one is reporting on all the other fiascos. Read back through the posts on here and acquire some knowledge of the other airlines failures.

I guarantee that if they don’t fold Southwest and it installs the required computer changes, the next horrendous winter storm during the week of Christmas will have almost the exact same effect across all airlines. But people have their mantra with which they live…

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2171049)

Yes 3 cheers for the airline and boo hoo for the riders who dared come to the airport trying to get home in less then 5 days, I’ll keep buying my seats on a plane where I know where I’m sitting

Originally Posted by pokeefe45@aol.com (Post 2171052)

Pleased I could make you laugh. You mean there are other's who want to see family too?

The point was to counter those who are deciding that anyone who travelled knowing the weather situation, should just take their lumps. I'll take my lumps for deciding to travel during periods of weather warnings, but this was NOT about the weather. And that was the point being made.
Again, happy I could make you laugh. You might want to consider being less acerbic in your posts. You might find more success in life that way. Have a great day.

Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 2171054)

But I was responding to a acerbic post…chilout