{"id":1816281,"date":"2023-01-19T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1816281"},"modified":"2023-01-19T17:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T22:01:41","slug":"southwest-pilots-announce-they-may-go-on-strike-one-month-after-airlines-nationwide-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-pilots-announce-they-may-go-on-strike-one-month-after-airlines-nationwide-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Pilots Announce They May Go On Strike One Month After Airline\u2019s Nationwide Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fsouthwest-pilots-announce-they-may-go-on-strike-one-month-after-airlines-nationwide-meltdown%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=1816281&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>Members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/southwest-airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southwest Airlines<\/a> Pilot Association initiated the first steps in a strike after thousands of flights were cancelled during the holiday <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/air-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest has canceled an increased number of flights, even after severe winter. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather<\/a> The conditions were better in the days that followed Christmas. The company\u2019s labor union announced that a strike authorization vote will occur on May 1 in response to the holiday meltdown and the \u201cutter lack of meaningful progress on a contract negotiation,\u201d Particularly with respect to information technology requests and scheduling rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is best to consider what our customers have been through over the past several years and the past several weeks,\u201d Southwest Airlines Pilot Association President, Captain Casey Murray, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swapa.org\/news\/2023\/press-release-sav-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. \u201cIt was the lack of discussion or commitment by our leadership team to rectify these issues for our passengers and our pilots that drove us to make the decision to carry forward on this path afforded to us by the Railway Labor Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This law was passed in 1926 to ensure that the nation&#8217;s railway system became more dependent on it. It allows Congress to exercise its power over interstate commerce and prevent strikes in the transportation sector. Officials recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> This statute is intended to halt any rail strike.<\/p>\n<p>Shares for Southwest dropped 3.5% on Wednesday after the announcement; the company\u2019s stock price has fallen nearly 9% since the beginning of December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that May 1 provides a date that allows our union time to prepare and gives our customers time to book elsewhere, so that they can have confidence that their summer vacations, honeymoons, and family outings are assured,\u201d Murray was also quoted. \u201cIt is not a decision we have taken lightly, but given the trajectory of our current leadership group, we have little faith in the stability and future of our airline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a report, negotiations between Southwest Airlines and the labor union are set to resume on January 24. <a href=\"https:\/\/swamedia.com\/releases\/release-f30033abc7ead7522c3ea8021c0e1eff-southwests-statement-on-announcement-by-pilots-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> According to the company, the scheduled authorization vote will not have an impact on operations.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report, Southwest cancelled 16700 Southwest flights between December 21st &#038; December 31. <a href=\"https:\/\/otp.tools.investis.com\/clients\/us\/southwest\/SEC\/sec-show.aspx?Type=html&#038;FilingId=16303107&#038;CIK=0000092380&#038;Index=10000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing<\/a> The submission was made earlier in the month to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/southwest-reveals-how-much-holiday-flight-meltdown-will-cost-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimated<\/a> The number of available seats miles, which is a measure used by the airline industry to estimate revenue generation capacity, fell 6% in the fourth quarter compared to 2019, which was a decrease of 4% from the previous forecasts. The company expects to lose between $725 million-$825 million due to the fallout. This is mainly due to revenue losses of between $400 million-$425 million.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest has been urged by policymakers like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to reimburse customers quickly; he described the \u201clevel of disruption\u201d As experienced by passengers \u201cunacceptable\u201d In a recent <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, was warned by his agency that he would not exercise the authority he had given him. \u201cthe fullest extent of its investigative and enforcement powers\u201d To ensure that customers receive a refund Buttigieg was criticised by lawmakers from the Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-tear-into-pete-buttigieg-over-southwest-airlines-fiasco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failing<\/a> They will implement the new rules for the airline industry that they have previously recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Southwest Airlines Pilot Association introduced the first steps to begin a strike one month after the company canceled thousands of flights during the holiday travel season. Southwest nixed an elevated number of flights even after severe winter weather conditions had subsided in the days after Christmas. The company\u2019s labor union announced that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1798461,"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":[6327,6202,5888,7666,10592,8596,7374,4522,6195],"class_list":["post-1816281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-airlines","tag-daily","tag-meltdown","tag-month","tag-nationwide","tag-pilots","tag-southwest","tag-strike","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\/1816281","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=1816281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1798461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}