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Old Mar 28, 2019, 1:26 pm
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
I think SWA will have decent loads but I think the biggest challenge by far for SWA will be when one of the planes goes mechanical - it won't be pretty and it will certainly make the evening news locally. Only UA and HA tend to be able to recover quickly from mechanical issues by virtue of the shear number of flights/seats they operate to be able to get you on another flight.
And it happened yesterday, actually two flights. WN 5700 cancelled and rescheduled for next day (today). WN 6569 departed 2 hours late; connecting flights to LAS, LAX and SLC were held in OAK. Other connecting paxs received hotel vouchers and spent the night in OAK.
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