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can even rebook. but just looking at -- just look now at the never ending line of people on your screen right now, snaking through atlanta's airport at the southwest counter. passengers are being told to expect even more delays and cancellations. the travel nightmare has caught the attention of the transportation department and investigating if southwest could have better handled the cancellations. the president of southwest pilots association tells cnn that a meltdown like this has been brewing for some time. weather was just the tipping point. we have cnn correspondents nick valenc...

Day. it means costs are a lot lower and planes are used a lot more and normally it works well. but it is prone to cascading ripple effects when there is any kind of disruption like weather. most other airlines fly in a hub to hub kind of fashion. or in certain spheres where they're sticking to a particular geography and it just creates a more resilient system during something like this. >> this is a perfect storm, no pun intended. you have the storms but also the holiday seasons when you know it is a peak season to travel and your heart going to everybody at the airports and they all have diff...