And I want them to know they have support.” “I don’t know if even a single pilot or other employee - or air traffic control - are rebelling,” Roy wrote Monday. Republican congressional representatives, including Chip Roy of Texas and Andy Biggs of Arizona, tweeted in support of any Southwest employees opposing the airline’s vaccine requirements. “And now, apparently, many of those pilots don’t want to help society by getting vaccinated.” It also made the first airline to post a profit,” tweeted New York Times columnist Andrew Sorkin on Sunday. That money kept its pilots employed during the pandemic. “Reminder: accepted $3.2 BILLION from taxpayers. Politicians and commentators took this theory and ran with it. Social media users were quick to speculate that Southwest pilots and other employees have walked out in defiance of their employer’s announcement last week. 8, or be approved for an exemption for medical or religious reasons, in compliance with President Joe Biden’s Covid Action Plan. 4, Southwest announced that all employees must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Dec. “No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday,” the FAA Twitter account wrote. carrier came from American Airlines, which reported a relatively meager 167 cancellations, according to tracking service FlightAware.Ī Sunday statement from the Federal Aviation Administration was interpreted by some social media users to be an oblique response to Southwest’s comment. airlines did not cancel nearly as many trips this weekend.įor example, 1,124 Southwest flights were canceled Sunday, while the second-highest number of flight cancellations by a U.S. (CN) - Southwest Airlines canceled more than 360 flights Monday, pushing the total number of flights canceled by the airline over 2,200 since the weekend began.Īfter cancelling more than 800 flights on Saturday, the Dallas-headquartered firm claimed in a tweet that air traffic control and “disruptive weather” were to blame for the cancellations.
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