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Southwest Airlines suddenly grounds 34 planes in its fleet
Southwest Airlines had to abruptly ground 34 Boeing 737-700 aircraft on Thanksgiving Eve when the low-fare behemoth discovered that the maintenance paperwork related to the grounded planes was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety directives. Per an FAA mandate, Southwest was required to do immediate detailed visual inspections of the 34 grounded aircraft. A Southwest spokesperson said the carrier voluntarily followed the FAA mandate. (www.bizjournals.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Cause my wife & I a 2 hour delay Thanksgiving morning, not please with Southwest at this point.
Didn't that have to ground a lot of airplanes recently due to weight and balance paperwork issues? Maybe with all of their paperwork issues they should only be flying paper airplanes.
Still the best domestic airline in USA. Best in customer service, fair to all!!! I only had good experience with Southwest even in case of disruption due to weather, getting late to the airport etc.. Not so with other airlines, United bumped me even though I was at check in counter 1.25 hours before the flight because the flight was overbooked! The reason?: We cant check in your baggage because it is already less than one hour before the flight, but they wasted 20 minutes by disappearing in the back room! No compensation given- I got cheated and never flew again with United ever!!
Lol what’s 34 Aircraft gonna do to a fleet with over 700 aircraft in their fleet
Disrupt passenger travel schedules and holiday plans
Put a crimp in their schedules for a while.
...about 5% less to the fleet.
All well and good if you or your family wasn't bumped, I reckon.
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