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Flight Attendant Is Suing Southwest Airlines For Killing Her Husband

by Gary Leff on April 28, 2021

Apr 28 2021

It’s amazing that lawsuits over Covid-19 haven’t been nearly as significant as feared. At one point Covid-19 legislation was being held up in Congress over disagreements about including lawsuit immunity for employers (predictably Republicans favored this on behalf of business, and Democrats opposed on behalf of trial lawyers).

Yet there’s a new lawsuit by a Southwest Airlines flight attendant who says she contracted Covid-19 during recurrent training, gave it to her husband, and he died.

Why Outrage Is The Right Reaction To Southwest’s No-Notice Devaluation

by Gary Leff on April 15, 2021

Apr 15 2021

If it’s true that we shouldn’t trust loyalty programs, and that ought to become our base case, then the way that information gets out to the public is precisely by shaming loyalty programs when they behave badly. Rather than shrugging our shoulders at no-notice devaluations, it is important to shout it from the rooftops so that members know to build lack of trust into their base case.

Southwest Devalues Rapid Rewards Points By 6.5%

by Gary Leff on April 14, 2021

Apr 14 2021

Effective immediately and without notice, Southwest Airlines has started requiring 6.5% more points for flight redemptions. The change comes as Southwest celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. Award tickets used to cost 78 points per dollar of base fare and now cost 83 points per dollar.

Southwest Kicked A Two Year Old Off A Flight Over Masks. A Pilot Flew The Family For Free.

by Gary Leff on April 9, 2021

Apr 09 2021

On April 1 the Harvey family was flying from Denver to Austin on Southwest Airlines. They had practiced for days with their two year old wearing a mask. Boarding went fine, but once seated the child took the mask off and the family was booted from the flight.

Father Erik Harvey went to Facebook and posted an 18 minute discourse on the events. A pilot named James Peck saw the video.

Southwest Airlines Pilot Charged With Lewd Acts In The Cockpit Of Orlando Flight

by Gary Leff on April 5, 2021

Apr 05 2021

A Southwest Airlines pilot has been charged with “committing a lewd act” during flight WN6607 from Philadelphia to Orlando on August 10, 2020.

According to the indictment, “[t]he acts began, continued and were completed while the aircraft was in flight” but what’s interesting here, I think, is how federal law treats the incident.

Flight Attendant Dances When Anti-Mask Couple Gets Tossed From Southwest Flight

by Gary Leff on April 4, 2021

Apr 04 2021

Numerous passengers cheered as the woman and her travel companion were booted off the plane. And at the end of the video, once the departing passengers had cleared the aircraft, a flight attendant comes forward and does a dance of joy.

New Southwest Rapid Rewards Members: Earn 5000 Bonus Points

by Gary Leff on April 1, 2021

Apr 01 2021

Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards is encouraging new member signups with 5000 bonus points getting members to a reward faster. This helps demonstrate the value of the program to the member, when they redeem they’re more likely to stick with the program.

Southwest And American Pressured To Speak Out Against Texas Voting Bill

by Gary Leff on April 1, 2021

Apr 01 2021

As in many states, Republicans in Texas are pushing voting law changes. They’ve passed a new bill in the state senate that “would limit early voting hours, prohibit drive-thru voting and bar local election officials from proactively sending vote-by-mail applications.”

Now that Delta has embroiled itself in the controversy of Georgia’s new voting law, former San Antonio Mayor, President Obama’s HUD Secretary, and 2020 Democratic presidential primary contender Julian Castro is calling on Texas-headquartered American Airlines and Southwest Airlines to stake out positions on the law.

Southwest Airlines Pilot Gets Married On Flight From Las Vegas

by Gary Leff on April 1, 2021

Apr 01 2021

Proposals are popular – almost de rigueur – on airplanes. And weddings are popular in Las Vegas, Elvis lookalike as the officiant or not. But how often do you see a wedding on the flight, taking place while leaving Las Vegas?

Southwest Airlines Places Huge Boeing 737 MAX Order

by Gary Leff on March 29, 2021

Mar 29 2021

Southwest Airlines has placed a huge a huge new Boeing 737 MAX order: 100 Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft, Southwest also converted 70 MAX 8 orders to MAX 7 orders, and added 155 options for MAX 7 or 8 aircraft.

This is huge for Southwest – but especially for Boeing.

southwest airlines

Flight Attendant Is Suing Southwest Airlines For Killing Her Husband

Why Outrage Is The Right Reaction To Southwest’s No-Notice Devaluation

Southwest Devalues Rapid Rewards Points By 6.5%

Southwest Kicked A Two Year Old Off A Flight Over Masks. A Pilot Flew The Family For Free.

Southwest Airlines Pilot Charged With Lewd Acts In The Cockpit Of Orlando Flight

Flight Attendant Dances When Anti-Mask Couple Gets Tossed From Southwest Flight

New Southwest Rapid Rewards Members: Earn 5000 Bonus Points

Southwest And American Pressured To Speak Out Against Texas Voting Bill

Southwest Airlines Pilot Gets Married On Flight From Las Vegas

Southwest Airlines Places Huge Boeing 737 MAX Order

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