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Southwest airlines pilot comments12/31/2023 If there’s a common thread weaving uniform, seat and Internet issues together it’s collaboration.įormer Southwest CEO and now chairman emeritus chief Herb Kelleher personified the trait. Southwest’s much-promoted Internet link experienced problems-not when it comes to watching TV but in connecting to the Internet per se. Southwest bought new seats to replace them, seats that are more comfortable. The airline’s rollout in recent years of slimmer, less weighty ‘Evolve’ seating met with considerable criticism. This was a huge mistake on the company’s part.”Īnd this is not the only mistake of late, maintains Weaks. “If you’ll look at the way Southwest has tried to change re-brand their logos and everything else about themselves it’s white letters on blue,” says the union president. If epaulets are the target of the pilots’ ire, so too is their uniform’s new color. The pilot’s union chief says the flight operations department was never involved in the uniform selection process until they were told: “‘This is what are going to be.’…There was no need at all for the pilots to change uniforms. “Our CBA (collective bargaining agreement) with the airline says we should be consulted on uniform changes,” says Weaks. The pilots are “very dissatisfied” with their new uniforms, says Weaks. The airline is working with the vendor to correct the issue.Īll well and good? Not quite. “Unfortunately many of the new epaulets were sized incorrectly.” “Our pilots have a separate uniform program and vendor,” says Southwest spokeswoman Melissa Ford. Pilots weren’t part of the selection team. Beginning back in 2014, Southwest put together a 43-member Employee Design Team to help the airline choose work clothes. The pilot uniforms were just part of the new garb for the company’s 42,000 uniformed employees. cartoon character on the front of boxes of sweetened breakfast cereal. The shoulder epaulets “made us look like Captain Crunch,” says Jon Weaks, president of SWAPA-the Southwest Airlines Pilots Union. Southwest did not cancel any flights between Houston and Albuquerque on Friday, indicating that Long's flight progressed as planned despite the incident.When Southwest Airlines recently rolled out its new uniforms its pilots were not amused. Conservative commentators have also resorted to calling the president by the nickname "Brandon" instead of his true name. In Arizona, a Marine veteran that was being honored by the Yuma County Sheriff's Office wore a shirt to his ceremony that stated "Let's Go, Brandon," and was interviewed by local news with it on. Its origins can be traced to a NASCAR event during which NBC Sports reporter Kelli Stavast mistakenly identified chants from a crowd to be saying "Let's Go, Brandon," when they were actually saying "Fuck Joe Biden." The phrase "Let's Go, Brandon" has been a rallying cry of the right to secretly bash the president. When asked for comment, Southwest told Long and Insider: "The Southwest Team takes pride in providing a welcoming, comfortable, and respectful environment for the millions of Customers who fly with the airline each year and behavior from any individual that is divisive or offensive is not condoned." It often indicates a user profile.Īdditional information about the specific flight is unknown. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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