<story><title>Massive Southwest Airlines disruption leaves customers stranded</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flight-cancellations-christmas-2022-winter-storm/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>m348e912</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s an unsubstantiated rumor that 120 Southwest ramp agents walked off the job at Denver International Airport after the VP of operations out of Dallas sent a demanding (and possibly unreasonable) memo to the Denver staff banning sick time without a doctors note and requiring mandatory overtime.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;AtSouthwest&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1606543397996855296&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;AtSouthwest&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1606543397996855296&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;If true, it could account for a majority of SW&amp;#x27;s cancellations over the past few days and it could continue for the foreseeable future.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>akiselev</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; after the VP of operations out of Dallas sent a demanding (and possibly unreasonable) memo to the Denver staff banning sick time without a doctors note and requiring mandatory overtime&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;IANAL but that’s not just unreasonable, it’s downright illegal according to Colorado labor laws. Southwest can only ask their employees for a doctor’s note after four consecutive days of absence and that’s according to a post-COVID law.&lt;p&gt;I’m not sure about the mandatory overtime but that’s probably governed by a union contract (4&amp;#x2F;5ths of SW is unionized). Evidence shows that this ~moron~ VP didn’t know the specifics of the former so he probably fucked up the latter too.&lt;p&gt;I’m guessing Denver employees aren’t the only ones to walk out. Union solidarity, baby!</text></comment>
<story><title>Massive Southwest Airlines disruption leaves customers stranded</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flight-cancellations-christmas-2022-winter-storm/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>m348e912</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s an unsubstantiated rumor that 120 Southwest ramp agents walked off the job at Denver International Airport after the VP of operations out of Dallas sent a demanding (and possibly unreasonable) memo to the Denver staff banning sick time without a doctors note and requiring mandatory overtime.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;AtSouthwest&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1606543397996855296&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;AtSouthwest&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1606543397996855296&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;If true, it could account for a majority of SW&amp;#x27;s cancellations over the past few days and it could continue for the foreseeable future.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>miguelazo</author><text>I wouldn’t doubt this, although a friend stuck at Denver yesterday told me he ran into a Southwest employee who couldn’t figure out where he was supposed to be for hours. WSJ mentioned it could be due to their call-in scheduling system being totally overwhelmed.</text></comment>