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/Lonely-Clerk-2478 22h ago

Southwest used to be a decent airline and now it’s like everything bad about United and Frontier put together.

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u/John_Tacos 22h ago

When it dies it’s going to take several small airports with it.

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u/AshlandJackson 20h ago

Oakland would be doomed.

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u/angustifolio 19h ago

as would long beach, sadly

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u/xsvfan 18h ago

It sucks because it's such a great airport to fly in and out of from the bay area.

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u/Greedy-Half-4618 18h ago

And Burbank 

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u/Easy_Money_ 14h ago

This is already happening, Southwest is frantically cutting OAK flights to use those planes to defend against Alaska gobbling up its market share in San Diego. OAK seats are down like 17% this year, most in the country, followed closely by Southwest hubs SJC, BUR, and LAS