08-02-2021
02:44 PM
An associate travels domestically very frequently for his work through the Naval Academy. I'm curious what sort of deal the military has with Southwest in regards to their travel - does the military book standby tickets or does USN always book a "regular" flight for their personnel? This associate, in particular, seems to have really rotten luck flying Southwest because every time he is due to return home his flight is always too full for him to come home because the military booked him on standby, or so he claims. A couple of weeks ago his flight was "delayed" multiple days. Yesterday coming home from Denver it was "delayed" again. What he says is happening perplexes me because I would *think* the USN would book their personnel normal flights (aka not standby) entirely for scheduling purposes and because the armed forced rely heavily on tight schedules. In addition, I can only assume if there was a person on standby, they would likely be able to catch another flight out of Denver to the DMV area pretty easily rather than a 24+hr delay? Granted, I am not enlisted nor am I an officer so I can't really speak to whether this is true or not, so I'm coming here to gain some clarity.
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