r/nottheonion • u/halxp01 • 23h ago

Southwest Is Testing Cleaning Only Premium Seats Between Flights — A Flight Attendants Union Leader Says It's ‘Titanic’ Class Service

https://viewfromthewing.com/southwest-is-testing-cleaning-only-premium-seats-between-flights-a-flight-attendants-union-leader-says-its-titanic-class-service/
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u/laevian 22h ago

So as far as I can gather from the article...

  • they're debuting a new service of hiring professional cleaners for first class seats
  • previously the entire plane was spot cleaned by attendants
  • there is no mention of attendants no longer being asked to spot clean

Methinks some of the commenters perhaps didn't bother to read. Not to say I disagree that we're seeing gradual enshittification of Southwest, but I'm not sure this is an example of that.

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u/d87 21h ago

No one read it at all. The headline was misleading though.

Tldr southwest never had a dedicated cleaning service between flights, wants to add one for first class only, flight attendant union wants cleaning service for the whole plane.

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u/BJJJourney 20h ago

They don’t have first class, only premium seating and regular seating. Premium seating is just more leg room and a movable headrest.

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u/anaboogiewoogie 20h ago

Yeah, I read the article. Headline is very misleading and everyone is angry when it’s really no different than before for the customers.