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The Latest Breaking News from Southwest Airlines

Southwest flight attendant suffers back injury from hard landing

‘Firm landing’ causes fractured vertebrae for cabin crew member in jump seat

The Independent UK

Southwest attendant suffers broken back in hard landing

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture in her back during a hard landing last month in California

The Independent UK

Mother and daughter pilot team take first flight together

‘You have this little baby in your arms and, in a blink of an eye, she’s sitting on the flight deck next to you’

The Independent UK

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Southwest Airlines flight attendants ask for federal mediation for stalled contract

The union representing flight attendants at Southwest Airlines has asked federal mediators to step in and help with stalled contract talks after more than three years of negotiations.

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Spirit Airlines ends proposed deal with Frontier, paves way for possible JetBlue takeover

Spirit Airlines has ended its proposed merger with Frontier Airlines, clearing a path for JetBlue Airways to take over the South Florida-based discount carrier.

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Whistleblowers hit Southwest, FAA for lax safety practices

Federal officials say Southwest Airlines and its pilots union have resisted some investigations into accidents and other incidents, and have pushed to close the matters quickly

The Independent UK

Southwest Airlines stonewalled FAA safety investigations, whistleblowers say

Federal investigators said Wednesday that Dallas-based Southwest Airlines stonewalled FAA investigations and pushed to close inquiries quickly even though it and union officials resisted handing over information.

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COVID outbreaks hit TSA, American and Southwest airlines at LAX

COVID-19 outbreaks have hit Los Angeles International Airport with at least 400 confirmed cases among Transportation Security Administration staff and workers at American and Southwest airlines, according to county health officials.

Los Angeles Times

Woman shot after opening fire at Dallas airport is former bank robbery suspect, police say

The suspect was engaged by police after she took out a weapon and fired “at ceiling”

The Independent UK

Who is to blame for the summer of flight delays and cancellations?

It's been called the summer of "revenge travel" — a time when Americans who stayed home for the last two years because of the pandemic splurge to book their dream vacations to make up for lost time.

Tribune News Service

What United Airlines Earnings Will Tell Us About Summer Travel Chaos

Strong demand for flights coupled with a reduction in the number of flights will be a key storyline when United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) reports quarterly earnings after market close Wednesday.

Benzinga

Southwest Airlines flight attendants plan to picket as labor strife heats up

Southwest Airlines flight attendants say they plan to picket against the company in September at a handful of airports across the country, echoing ongoing frustrations from pilots, ramp workers and customer service workers about working conditions.

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Ex-Southwest Airlines flight attendant wins $5.3 million lawsuit over abortion activism

A North Texas jury awarded a former Southwest Airlines flight attendant $5.3 million after she was fired for sending anti-abortion messages to her union’s president.

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Southwest hits worker milestone before all the other major airlines

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has hired 10,000 employees since January, bringing it back to pre-COVID staffing levels faster than the other major carriers.

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The Independent UK

TikTok star ‘slut shamed’ for outfit on flight

‘Bro I got dress coded on a flight,’ wrote the astonished social media user

Daily Mirror

Woman claims she was left on brink of tears after flight attendant 'dress coded' her

A woman claims she was "s*** shamed" while travelling with Southwest Airlines after a flight attendant allegedly took issue with her corset top and asked her to cover up

Daily Mirror

Disabled woman claims she was thrown from wheelchair after airline staff refused to help

Gaby Assouline, 24, who suffers from a rare muscle disease, claims airline staff from Southwest Airlines refused to help her down a jet bridge in her wheelchair and that as a result she's been left with catastrophic injuries

The Independent UK

‘Steamy, stale trash’: Southwest passenger claims she was kicked off flight for defending ‘slut-shamed’ woman

In a now-viral tweet thread, the woman claims she was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight after she contested the company’s ‘misogynistic’ dress code

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Florida woman sues Southwest Airlines after she was paralyzed in wheelchair accident

A Florida woman is suing Dallas-based Southwest Airlines after a wheelchair accident while boarding left her paralyzed.

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Family sues Southwest Airlines after jetway accident they say left a 25-year-old woman paralyzed

A Miami woman and her family are suing Southwest Airlines after an incident that left 25-year-old Gabrielle Assouline with “life-altering” injuries while boarding a plane.

The Conversation

How does the cockpit pecking order impact decision-making during the final approach?

Deciding whether to land or to make a go-around is one of the most important and hazardous operations involved in flying. In fact, the vast majority of accidents in the past 20 years have occurred during the final approach or landing phases. While these are not the deadliest accidents (accounting for…

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‘It’s bad to fly right now:’ Travelers, airlines brace as summer hits busiest stretch

DALLAS — Robert Hopkins got ahead of the summer travel rush with a trip to Scandanavia to celebrate his 27th wedding anniversary with his wife and escape the Texas heat.

The Independent UK

Passenger kicked off flight for AirDropping sex photo of himself to ‘everyone on plane’

Texas man told crew he was ‘just having a little fun’

Benzinga

Expert Ratings for Southwest Airlines

Analysts have provided the following ratings for Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) within the last quarter:

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