Good article confirming my suspicions: https://www.businessinsider.com/southwe ... rep-2023-1penningtron wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 10:32 amI don't know much about their operations side (and I have mostly had decent experiences flying SWA, for what it is) but their tech is largely stuck in the '90s, and have been too slow to upgrade and let go of legacy stuff. The career-lifer thing is definitely true, and unfortunately can get in the way of modernization as there are too many layers of management looking after their own asses first. Lots of top-down finger pointing at that place. I mostly just take some comfort in knowing my suspicions (and many others there much more in-the-know) were correct, and that this type of (not the first) embarrassing fiasco was imminent.Frankie99 wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:51 am What happened? I honestly have no idea, but Herb died a long time ago, so I don't know that there's a direct relationship between these 2 things.
The meltdown had nothing to do with the tech I worked on. In fact: within the company ours was seen as a model example, which isn't saying much cuz it was still a piece of shit!
that said: somebody hire me before I start selling guitars..