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Boeing CEO Predicts At Least One Major Airline Will Go Out Of Business By This Summer Due To The Pandemic

Boeing CEO Predicts At Least One Major Airline Will Go Out Of Business By This Summer Due To The Pandemic

Dave Calhoun, the CEO of airplane manufacturer Boeing, told NBC News on Tuesday that he believes at least one major American airline may go out of business by the end of the summer. “I don’t want to get too predictive on that subject, but yes, most likely,” Calhoun said. “You know, something will happen when […]

4y ago

Justin Riley Brafford Says Being Rude Isn’t A Crime After Causing Southwest Flight To Make Emergency Landing

Justin Riley Brafford Says Being Rude Isn’t A Crime After Causing Southwest Flight To Make Emergency Landing

A Texas man is trying to convince a judge that his in-flight meltdown, which caused a Dallas-bound flight to be diverted to Albuquerque, should not be treated as a crime, The Dallas Morning News reports. The attorney representing Justin Riley Brafford, 29, admits that his client’s behavior on an October 2018 Southwest Airlines flight wasn’t […]

4y ago

Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Pranks Passengers By Hiding In An Overhead Bin As They Board

Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Pranks Passengers By Hiding In An Overhead Bin As They Board

As a prank, a squirrelly Southwest Airlines flight attendant climbed up into the overhead bin of a plane in Nashville to get a laugh out of boarding passengers. Her actions and their consequences are trending on Bing today. As the passengers trudged through the aircraft, some seated in strategic places were shocked as they went […]

4y ago

Southwest Airlines Paid Furloughed Safety Inspector To Get New Jets In The Air During Shutdown

Southwest Airlines Paid Furloughed Safety Inspector To Get New Jets In The Air During Shutdown

The most recent government shutdown lasted for over a month — the longest in U.S. history — resulting in absolute chaos in the economy. Nearly a million federal employees were furloughed or forced to work without pay, and that included workers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Nevertheless, one FAA employee who had been furloughed […]

5y ago

Southwest Airlines Flight Forced To Turn Around After Human Heart Discovered On Board

Southwest Airlines Flight Forced To Turn Around After Human Heart Discovered On Board

Flights have been delayed for multiple reasons in the past, but finding an organ on board is certainly a new one. Southwest Airlines flight 3606 was forced to turn around mid-trip after a human heart was discovered on the plane, People is reporting. The flight, which was heading to Dallas, had to return to an […]

5y ago

Child Named ‘Abcde’ Mocked By Southwest Airlines Gate Agent

Child Named ‘Abcde’ Mocked By Southwest Airlines Gate Agent

The mother of a 5-year-old Texas child whose first name is Abcde – pronounced “Ab-city”- is speaking out after she says the child was mocked by a Southwest Airlines employee who they say posted the daughter’s boarding pass to social media while making fun of her name. According to KABC in Los Angeles, when the […]

5y ago

New Information Emerges Regarding The Death Of A Woman Sucked Out Of A Plane Window

New Information Emerges Regarding The Death Of A Woman Sucked Out Of A Plane Window

In April of 2018, a Southwest Airline flight carrying 144 passengers and five crew members was continuing en route as usual when there was a loud bang and smoke suddenly began filling the cabin. Flight attendants ran through the aisles ensuring passengers were able to get to their oxygen masks. It wasn’t until flight attendant […]

5y ago

Bruce Alexander, Who Groped Woman On Southwest Airlines Flight, Tells Police ‘President Trump Says It’s OK’

Bruce Alexander, Who Groped Woman On Southwest Airlines Flight, Tells Police ‘President Trump Says It’s OK’

A man who reportedly groped a woman during a flight told authorities when he was arrested that the President of the United States himself said that it is okay to grab women by their private parts. According to The Huffington Post, the man, who was identified as Bruce Michael Alexander, was likely referring to a […]

5y ago

Former Southwest Airlines Employee Claims Co-Workers Set Up ‘Whites Only’ Break Room In Houston Airport

Former Southwest Airlines Employee Claims Co-Workers Set Up ‘Whites Only’ Break Room In Houston Airport

One Southwest Airlines employee, Jamel Parker, a resident of Harris County, is accusing the airline of “extreme race discrimination.” The lawsuit seeks an undisclosed amount of money, reports ABC 13. Harris was fired from the company in April, 2017, for allegedly breaking a power cord without informing the airline. Parker states that, in his experience, […]

5y ago

Southwest Airlines Eliminating Peanuts On All Flights Amid Allergy Concerns

Southwest Airlines Eliminating Peanuts On All Flights Amid Allergy Concerns

The era of free peanuts are coming to an end on Southwest flights as a result of food allergies, and the airline will no longer be offering those small bags of salted peanuts you have come to expect. CBS News reports that the airline released a statement to say that beginning August 1, there will […]

5y ago

Southwest Airlines Gives Apology To Mom After Making Her Prove That Biracial Boy Is Actually Her Son

Southwest Airlines Gives Apology To Mom After Making Her Prove That Biracial Boy Is Actually Her Son

After traveling with her 1-year-old son dozens of times with no problems, Lindsay Gottlieb did not expect to have to prove that she was her son’s mother when trying to board a plane Monday, but that’s exactly what Southwest Airlines asked her to do. Gottlieb is the coach for the University of California at Berkley’s […]

5y ago

Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Smokes A Joint

Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Smokes A Joint

A Southwest Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after a passenger smoked a joint in the bathroom, setting off the smoke alarms, KCAL-TV is reporting. Thirty-two passengers were on board Flight 1250 from San Francisco to L.A., and they found themselves inconvenienced, to put it mildly, after a passenger snuck off to a […]

5y ago

Southwest Airlines Passenger Says ‘Crude’ Seat-Mate Masturbated Throughout The Entire Flight

Southwest Airlines Passenger Says ‘Crude’ Seat-Mate Masturbated Throughout The Entire Flight

Southwest Airlines confirmed it is “looking into” a female passenger’s allegations that her seat-mate watched porn on his iPad and masturbated throughout the five-hour flight, Fox News is reporting. The unidentified woman, who uses the Twitter handle @shariatPR, was on a flight from Las Vegas to Philadelphia and stuck in the middle seat when her […]

5y ago

All Airlines Required To Inspect Engines After Catastrophic Engine Failure On Southwest Flight

All Airlines Required To Inspect Engines After Catastrophic Engine Failure On Southwest Flight

Following the fatal engine failure that led to the mid-air accident of Southwest Flight 1380 earlier this week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has demanded a massive engine inspection, CNBC reports. The FAA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) on Friday, April 20, regarding CFM56-7B engines — the same engine type on the Boeing […]

6y ago

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Disaster: ‘Almost Everyone’ Wore Their Oxygen Masks Incorrectly

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Disaster: ‘Almost Everyone’ Wore Their Oxygen Masks Incorrectly

“Almost everyone” aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, which made an emergency landing earlier this week after a mid-air catastrophe caused a window to blow out, was wearing their oxygen masks incorrectly, a former flight attendant posted on Twitter Tuesday. “In the unlikely event of a loss of cabin pressure, panels above your seat will open […]

6y ago

Woman Reportedly Dies After Partially Sucked Out Of Smashed Window Of Southwest Airline Flight At 32,000 Feet

Woman Reportedly Dies After Partially Sucked Out Of Smashed Window Of Southwest Airline Flight At 32,000 Feet

A Southwest Airlines jet engine reportedly “shredded” shortly after takeoff, sending shrapnel flying into the aircraft and causing a hole in the plane’s fuselage. One woman has died after suffering a head injury when she was partially sucked out of the plane through a broken window, according to the Press of Atlantic City. The shrapnel […]

6y ago

Southwest Emergency Landing: Dallas-Bound Flight Suffers Mid-Air Emergency, Lands In Philadelphia [Updated]

Southwest Emergency Landing: Dallas-Bound Flight Suffers Mid-Air Emergency, Lands In Philadelphia [Updated]

A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a catastrophic mid-air accident caused shrapnel to fly into a window, seriously injuring a passenger, CNN is reporting. Flight 1380, en route from New York City’s LaGuardia airport and bound for Dallas, suffered the emergency over southeastern Pennsylvania, according to flight-tracking site Flightware. […]

6y ago

Passengers Outraged As Southwest Airlines Staff Kicked Off Father And Toddler ‘Scared Of Flying’ [Video]

Passengers Outraged As Southwest Airlines Staff Kicked Off Father And Toddler ‘Scared Of Flying’ [Video]

Passengers onboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Atlanta were outraged after a father and his two-year-old daughter were kicked off the plane for being too “scared to fly.” Alexis Armstrong, 24, documented the upsetting incident on Flight 1683. In the clip, a male staff member can be seen talking seriously to a father […]

6y ago

Daylight Saving Time Will Affect Your Flight Check-In, Warns Southwest Airlines

Daylight Saving Time Will Affect Your Flight Check-In, Warns Southwest Airlines

On Sunday, the United States starts daylight saving time, which means that clocks spring ahead one hour. Although most flyers who normally use online check-in for a flight 24 hours before the scheduled flight departure time, Southwest Airlines warns that passengers traveling on March 11 need to check in 23 hours before flight time. Although […]

6y ago

Southwest Airlines Passenger Caught Smoking Threatens To Kill Everyone On The Plane

Southwest Airlines Passenger Caught Smoking Threatens To Kill Everyone On The Plane

A Southwest Airlines passenger got caught smoking and then raised such a disturbance that the plane was forced to make an emergency landing, Fox News is reporting. Southwest Flight 2943 from Portland, Oregon, to Sacramento, California, was en route when a passenger, later identified as Valerie Curbelo, went into the plane’s bathroom and allegedly disabled […]

6y ago

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