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Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) CEO Robert Jordan should resign, according to a new Benzinga poll. Of the more than 600 votes that were cast via Tw...

From disruption service, 99% of the time but clearly we need to double down on our already existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumstances so that we never again face whats happening right now. >> southwest airlines did receive over $7 billion in federal assistance. a spokesman said it was used for payroll to prevent furloughs. >> raymond: back to you, mike. >> what this indicates is a system failure. earlier this year especially over the summer we saw a lot of problems with a ...

From disruption service, well, 99% of the time. but clearly, we need to double down on our already existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumstances. so that we never again face whats happening right now. >> southwest airlines did receive over seven billion dollars in federal assistance since the pandemic. a spokesman says that money was used for payroll to prevent furloughs. the department of transportation says southwest will be held accountable. >> raymont, back to you. thank ...

The rest of the aviation system is down to 4% of flights being cancelled, north of 60% when it comes to southwest. this indicates a system failure. >> todd: pete buttigieg is facing criticism, he learned he was warned of something happening like this months ago. ninaturner saying this is incompetence, this is what placing unqualified people in position of power will get you. direct line from secretary buttigieg to the debacle and we shouldnt pretend there isnt. >> ashley: lets bring in cheryl ca...

The airlines during the lockdowns actually went. as of this morning, more than 3700 flights have been canceled nationwide with southwest accounting for more than 2300 of them cure the transportation secretary says, it is no longer an issue. >> we are past the point where they could say this is a weather trip an issue the rest of the mediation system is down to about 4% of flights being canceled has reported, north of 60% right now when it comes to southwest. what this indicates is a system failu...

Many reunited with their owners. all they are offering up now is calling on new resources but the links on the website so people can get on there with baggage claim numbers and tracked down their bags. they can also start trying to get some compensation for meals, hotels and things of that nature, cheryl. >> cheryl: mike tobin live in chicago thank you so much. this airline is politician scrambling to get ahead of the issue. the transportation secretary pete buttigieg facing criticism for not ac...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that large-scale flight schedule disruptions at Southwest Airlines were no longer a weather-driven issue and represented a system failure within the company. "We are past the point where they could say this is a weather-driven issue," Buttigieg said in an interview posted by ABC News on its website on Wednesday. Nationwide, at least 60 people died in weather-related incidents in recent days, NBC News reported.

Weary travelers still trying to reach their final destinations, stuck, camped out and with no place to go. sleeping at airports during one of the busiest times for travel. and more scenes like me southwest has reached an unpredente level of disruption with no end in sight. the airline saying it will work on a case by case basis to refund passengers. abcs alex perez leads us off tonight from chicago midway airport. >> reporter: tonight, southwest airlines under the microscope and facing more scru...

Today the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released its annual Emergency Watchlist, highlighting the 20 countries most at risk of deteriorating humanitarian crises in 2023.  This year, Somalia, Ethiopia and Afghanistan top the Watchlist, as East Africa faces the worst drought in decades and economic turmoil continues to compound needs in  Afghanistan. 

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