Southwest cancels thousands of flights, leading to chaos at airports across the country
CBSN
From Los Angeles to Miami, Dallas to Denver, thousands of Southwest customers had weekend travel plans ruined by more than 2,000 flight cancelations. The airline canceled another 10% of flights on Monday.
It's not clear what is causing the disruption as the airline and its pilots are telling different stories. The delays and cancelations began shortly after the pilot's union tried to block Southwest's new COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Lines were long and tempers short at airports in several cities, as passengers were forced to wait hours, and in some cases, days to rebook on other flights.
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