Biden administration struggles to fix ailing supply chain

[Crabcake42]

For anyone still following, here is a non hysterical post from last year, remember when we couldn’t even buy yeast?

Where have all the refrigerators gone?

My loving bride has determined she wants a new fridge so online shopping we go. Lowes/HD/appliance stores within 100 miles or so. She wants a 4 door French style in black stainless counter width. Every one we found is either out of stock with no restock date known or not available until...

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…But the supply chain!

Fools

 

[vraiblonde]

Seriously? Southwest is the only major carrier who uses point-to-point, every other carrier uses hub and spoke. How do you think they keep fares so low? Like seriously, why are they usually 20% cheaper than American or United? They handle their traffic fundamentally differently

That still doesn't explain why they'd be the only airline all hosed up, unless you are saying that they have their own personal airports and ATC that serve no other airlines.

To throw your question back at you, if there was a massive uprising of pilots refusing to get vaxxed, how was it resolved in 5 days (vax mandate still there) and every other airline who also has a vax mandate had no delays.

I'm guessing other flight crews were called in for Southwest, and other airlines didn't have flight crews objecting to the mandates.

But I see you did admit that no other airline had delays, so that's progress on your journey to truth.

 

[vraiblonde]

For anyone still following, here is a non hysterical post from last year, remember when we couldn’t even buy yeast?

And why not?

 

[GURPS]

And you don't even question why "weather" and "air traffic control problems" only affected Southwest flights and no other airline?

Truby is en EXPERT on Air Line Operation .. and believes the SW Press Releases

 

[Crabcake42]

Truby is en EXPERT on Air Line Operation .. and believes the SW Press Releases

Uhhhh, ok, yeah let’s sh*t on the southwest press release then..what’s left? How are the flights today?

 

[Crabcake42]

That still doesn't explain why they'd be the only airline all hosed up, unless you are saying that they have their own personal airports and ATC that serve no other airlines.



I'm guessing other flight crews were called in for Southwest, and other airlines didn't have flight crews objecting to the mandates.

But I see you did admit that no other airline had delays, so that's progress on your journey to truth.

That still doesn't explain why they'd be the only airline all hosed up, unless you are saying that they have their own personal airports and ATC that serve no other airlines.



I'm guessing other flight crews were called in for Southwest, and other airlines didn't have flight crews objecting to the mandates.

But I see you did admit that no other airline had delays, so that's progress on your journey to truth.

Look, I get for this forum full of tards like rose red and that woman who has a marine husband you have to lean into the stupid.

But really, you get the difference between point to point and hub and spoke. Like, really, you get that it is different I terms of air traffic.

 

[my-thyme]

Look, I get for this forum full of tards.......you have to lean into the stupid.

Another one bites the dust.....

 

[vraiblonde]

But really, you get the difference between point to point and hub and spoke. Like, really, you get that it is different I terms of air traffic.

Actually I don't. Why don't you explain it to me?

 

[GURPS]

What Weather Events affected SW Flights




No On Has Been Able To Point To ANY WEATHER EVENTS as a cause of the disruption

 

[GURPS]

Delta Air Lines CEO Ditches ‘Divisive’ Vaccine Mandate

 

[Sneakers]

Interesting article on the news... there are private companies like Aurora that have invested heavily in autonomous trucks, and are currently using them between Houston and Dallas.

https://aurora.tech/

The trucks still require two attendants in the cab, but as the tech matures, they could disappear, making a driver completely moot. Convert to electric, and there will be no restriction in CA, or anywhere else.

 

[Clem72]

Truby is en EXPERT on Air Line Operation .. and believes the SW Press Releases

I once had one leg of my Southwest flight cancelled stranding me in Colorado springs for a day. They "cancelled for weather", meanwhile every other aircraft took off that day from Southwest and the other carriers (I know, I sat there and watched while I was trying to go standby).

The lady at the counter told me they had only 13 ticketed seats on that flight, but they aren't allowed to cancel flights for being undersold.....

 

[Kyle]

Southwest must have it's very own black cloud.

 

[Clem72]

Interesting article on the news... there are private companies like Aurora that have invested heavily in autonomous trucks, and are currently using them between Houston and Dallas.

https://aurora.tech/

The trucks still require two attendants in the cab, but as the tech matures, they could disappear, making a driver completely moot. Convert to electric, and there will be no restriction in CA, or anywhere else.

Autonomous trucks require two drivers (attendants, whatever) when regular trucks only need one? Sounds like a job creating solution. When can we get our autonomous cabs with two cabbies for twice the stink?

 

[Gilligan]

Southwest must have it's very own black cloud.

The bad weather only affected Southwest; absolutely no impact on any other carrier.

It happens.

 

[Gilligan]

Another one bites the dust.....

Gotta admire her tenacity. Goes full stupid..gets canned..returns to spread more stupid. Wash, rinse, repeat.


Truby ---->

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[PeoplesElbow]

Southwest only has a single type of aircraft to manage, 737, which is also a fairly cheap one to operate vs bigger aircraft.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Seriously? Southwest is the only major carrier who uses point-to-point, every other carrier uses hub and spoke. How do you think they keep fares so low? Like seriously, why are they usually 20% cheaper than American or United? They handle their traffic fundamentally differently

So it’s cheaper because there is no slack, but that also means that any disruption causes massive impacts, higher volatility.

How Airlines Work

How did the guy in the next seat pay less for a ticket than you did? Explore how airlines work, how ticket prices are set and more.

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To throw your question back at you, if there was a massive uprising of pilots refusing to get vaxxed, how was it resolved in 5 days (vax mandate still there) and every other airline who also has a vax mandate had no delays.

It’s their business model, southwest is cheaper because they run a schedule with no room for disruption.

This blows holes into your bullshit.

Why Fly Southwest Airlines? - NerdWallet

Now that other major U.S. carriers have abandoned change fees, Southwest is no longer unique in flexibility, but its change policy still tops the others.

www.nerdwallet.com

 

[black dog]

Look, I get for this forum full of tards like rose red and that woman who has a marine husband you have to lean into the stupid.

But really, you get the difference between point to point and hub and spoke. Like, really, you get that it is different I terms of air traffic.

Understand that Southwest often uses a rolling hub with serving 103 north America citys a standard hub is not a good fit for them with most citys they serve.
In north America Delta serves twice that many citys, with that the more addressees one serves the better hubs work.
Think how expensive shipping packages with buses, trucking, planes, minivan and so would be without hubs.

 

[stgislander]

Regular gas is $3.20/gal at Callaway Shell, and today is 5 cents off day.

I'm so happy we have a President that doesn't tweet things.

LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

Saturday morning it was $3.29/gal. By late afternoon, it was back down to $3.25/gal.