Originally Posted by
BKYOURWAY
Did anyone see the CNBC interview with Phil LeBeau and Jim Cramer?? Bob was CHOPPED DOWN! Couldn't keep his story straight at the end. Said Crew Scheduling software worked as intended. It just couldn't keep up with the continued weather induced changes so we have a GE software fix to correct this! What?
Unbelievable
I still think blaming the software for the meltdown is really IMO just a part of it. Other airlines have the same software(skysolver) and they did not have an epic meltdown as SWA did. All of their processes on how they cancel flights is a bigger issue from the SOD all the way down. Many dominos had to fall before Skysolver was reassigning crew members. One thing for sure, SWA needs more domiciles. As complex as the network is, the amount of domiciles is inadequate for running daily ops when severe IROPS happen. Hub and spoke is easy to reset but P2P is a whole other animal all together. Even SWAPA's SRC believes that would help. Ground ops for sure is a mess here and will continue to be under leadership. Their are so many tasks that they do that really don't benefit the airline at all. Leadership allows them to run the place.