{"id":1791619,"date":"2022-12-31T15:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T20:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791619"},"modified":"2022-12-31T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T20:05:19","slug":"bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-tear-into-pete-buttigieg-over-southwest-airlines-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-tear-into-pete-buttigieg-over-southwest-airlines-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders, Ro Kanna Tear into Pete Buttigieg During Southwest Airlines Fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbernie-sanders-ro-khanna-tear-into-pete-buttigieg-over-southwest-airlines-fiasco%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Numerous lawmakers were critical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transportation<\/a> Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pete-buttigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> Over the meltdown <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/southwest-airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southwest Airlines<\/a> This led to thousands of passengers missing their flights.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/southwest-says-it-will-resume-normal-operations-on-friday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resume normal operations<\/a> On Friday, nearly two-thirds (or more) of the flights were canceled during the Christmas travel season. This was even though severe winter weather conditions had passed through the United States and other airlines had stopped cancelling a large number of flights.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s executives promised that they would reimburse passengers whose flights were cancelled, as well those who had to stay in hotels or rent cars, and anyone who was forced to purchase tickets with another airline. Buttigieg called it the \u201clevel of disruption\u201d Customers have reported experiencing the same over the last week \u201cunacceptable\u201d In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/sites\/dot.gov\/files\/2022-12\/Message%20from%20Secretary%20Buttigieg%20to%20Southwest%20Airlines%20CEO%20Bob%20Jordan_12.29.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> Bob Jordan, Southwest CEO, stated that his agency would use \u201cthe fullest extent of its investigative and enforcement powers\u201d To ensure that customers get reimbursed.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1608264722385899520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> Transportation Department to Hold Southwest CEO Bob Jordan \u201caccountable for his greed and incompetence; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/1608482946977087488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarked<\/a> that he joined Sanders \u201cnearly six months ago\u201d By asking Buttigieg for penalties and fines on airlines that cancel flights. \u201cWhy were these recommendations not followed?\u201d The lawmaker asked. \u201cThis mess with Southwest could have been avoided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southwest canceled 57% percent of flights on Thursday while other companies such as American Airlines or United Airlines canceled less that 1%, according the Reuters. <a href=\"https:\/\/flightaware.com\/live\/cancelled\/yesterday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> FlightAware. The cancellation rates of major carriers were roughly the same on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The June\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flight-Delays-Letter-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> Sanders noted that $54 billion was received in relief by the airline industry during the lockdown-induced recession. Buttigieg asked him to clarify. \u201cpromptly refund passengers for flights that have been delayed over an hour,\u201d You can also impose penalties on airlines. \u201cflights that are delayed more than two hours\u201d For more information, please visit: \u201cscheduling flights that they are unable to properly staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaxpayers bailed out the airline industry during their time of need,\u201d Sanders wrote. \u201cIt is the responsibility of the airline industry and the Department of Transportation to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the flying public and crew members are able to get to their destinations on time and without delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nina Turner was a former Ohio state legislator and was an ally for Sanders. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ninaturner\/status\/1608182489914413056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accountable<\/a> For the Southwest meltdown. \u201cThis is incompetence. This is what placing unqualified people in positions of power to do the bidding of corporations will get you,\u201d She agreed. \u201cThere is a direct line from Secretary Buttigieg to the Southwest Airlines debacle and we shouldn\u2019t pretend there isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg was a former presidential hopeful who has often been referred to as a possible future Democratic nominee. However, his time in the Biden administration has been fraught with multiple scandals. After adopting twins, the official took months off work last year. This was despite the fact that there was a supply chain crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-has-been-on-paid-leave-for-months-amid-supply-chain-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hamstrung<\/a> American economy. He was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-vacationed-in-posh-european-tourist-destination-as-rail-unions-neared-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught<\/a> Portugal is reportedly a safe place to vacation, as there was a threat of a strike on the rails. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-took-taxpayer-funded-private-jets-trumps-hhs-sec-was-forced-to-resign-for-doing-that\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> Since assuming office, taxpayer-funded private aircrafts have been used at least 18 more times, despite his support. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-explains-to-texans-why-they-should-buy-electric-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policies<\/a> They are attempting to address climate change at the national level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several lawmakers blasted Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over the meltdown at Southwest Airlines which caused thousands of passengers to miss their flights, claiming that the situation could have been avoided. The company, which announced plans to resume normal operations beginning on Friday, canceled roughly two-thirds of flights during the busy Christmas travel season, even after &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1773986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6327,4720,4943,6202,9915,12693,8633,3981,7374,12692,6195],"class_list":["post-1791619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-airlines","tag-bernie","tag-buttigieg","tag-daily","tag-fiasco","tag-kanna","tag-pete","tag-sanders","tag-southwest","tag-tear","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}