Welcome to the last Morning Jolt of 2022; life will return to normal on January 3, 2023. On the menu today: As bad as the weather was in Buffalo and other parts of the Northeast, what's bedeviled Southwest Airlines this month is an epic systemic failure — but that won't stop a debate about how much blame should befall Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg. And, come to think of it, from the backlogs at West Coast ports and other supply-chain issues, to the narrowly averted freight-rail strike, to the persistent difficulties in getting air travel back to something resembling the pre-pandemic normal . . . America's transportation system really is going through a rough patch, isn't it?
Southwest Is Now the Most Troubled West This Side of Kanye
No matter how the final days of this year are going for you, you're doing better than Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan.
Every airline has faced challenges since winter weather began disrupting travel on December 22. A blizzard hit Buffalo, N.Y., with unprecedented force, snarling carriers' flight plans all over the place. But the northern states experience blizzards, high winds, and bad weather every ...
 | | | | | WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 29 2022 | |  | | WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 29 2022 | | |  | | Welcome to the last Morning Jolt of 2022; life will return to normal on January 3, 2023. On the menu today: As bad as the weather was in Buffalo and other parts of the Northeast, what's bedeviled Southwest Airlines this month is an epic systemic failure — but that won't stop a debate about how much blame should befall Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg. And, come to think of it, from the backlogs at West Coast ports and other supply-chain issues, to the narrowly averted freight-rail strike, to the persistent difficulties in getting air travel back to something resembling the pre-pandemic normal . . . America's transportation system really is going through a rough patch, isn't it? Southwest Is Now the Most Troubled West This Side of Kanye No matter how the final days of this year are going for you, you're doing better than Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan. Every airline has faced challenges since winter weather began disrupting travel on December 22. A blizzard hit Buffalo, N.Y., with unprecedented force, snarling carriers' flight plans all over the place. But the northern states experience blizzards, high winds, and bad weather every ... READ MORE | | | | |
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