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Did Southwest really hire some kind of huffy debater to argue with customers expressing real issues with their flights? Is this a serious person I’m speaking too? All done with the feedback and the flights. No further responses required. Thanks.
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Jet Blue, American, and United. About 10 flights between them in the last year. None had delays. Southwest had had significant delays or outright cancellations at about 50% of my flights over that same period. Now, is that me getting lucky with the other airlines and bad luck in half my southwest flights? Maybe. Yet, my negative experiences have, university been with Southwest (At this very moment, I’m stranded in an airport in a city I’m not supposed to be in today) so I’ll go with that.
Perhaps, though, you are correct. Perhaps it is industry wide. Yet, that doesn’t change the reality of the situation. The more this happens, the more people will drive or simply not travel, and the more money the industry will lose. I’m simply trying to say something before I stop flying, because so few speak up.
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I’d like to say, I am not generally a passenger with high expectations or demands. I want to get to my destination on time. I understand and accept this is not always possible. Yet the number experiences I’ve had on Southwest in the least year force me to speak up. I have to say this and just hope someone reads it and understands: I like your company and what I know you’re capable of but you’re going to lose business if this continues and you need to get it solved.
I attempt to fly about twice a month. Generally within Texas. The number of times I’ve been delayed for my appointments because Southwest did not have adequate flight crew should be embarrassing for Southwest. I’ve also had flights cancelled the morning of a flight (at the airport) and been forced to cancel thousands of dollars of work that was to take place that day. These, among many other delays. I can tell you, with certainty, you have already lost revenue from me because I now frequently choose to drive to my destination cities within Texas because I can consistently get there and back in a single day FASTER than Southwest can. This never used to be the case.
I understand the pandemic was difficult for everyone, but how long do you think this behavior can last before it starts destroying your reputation as the airline that “just works”? I have asked around to other frequent travelers my company and we have found that these incidents are not uncommon for them either. We now feel forced to actively lobby our company to no longe use Southwest because of these issues.
I don’t know what else to say. I just can’t keep supporting your business when this kind of problem has become normalized.
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