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Check the Departure and Arrival boards when they claim weather

Whobar
Explorer C

We got canceled again by Southwest and they again claimed weather.

 

We are making a habit now of checking the airport departure and arrival boards that are available online for all the airports on our trip. I would suggest everyone do this and you will find that Southwest seems to be more impacted by "weather" than any other major carrier. 

 

This really needs to be addressed by them.

 

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Re: Check the Departure and Arrival boards when they claim weather

dfwskier
Aviator A

Weather can affect your plane at more than just YOUR destination and departure airports.

 

Southwest flies a lot of point to point flights.

 

So, for example,  if you are flying From Chicago to Orlando, but the plane that day is flying from Las Vegas to Denver to Dallas to Chicago to Orlando, then weather  at any of the cities your plane visits before it gets to Chicago could be a problem. 

Re: Check the Departure and Arrival boards when they claim weather

Whobar
Explorer C

That's is so true and I100% agree that weather impacts across the country can impact flights in other areas.

 

My point is the boards should show the weather impacting all providers somewhat the same. Southwest has it's major hub in Dallas so they should not be impacted more but less.

 

Southwest has an issue with things other than weather and they need to own it, apologize and address it.