# Washington Examiner: "Southwest shambles"

**URL:** <https://community.clark.com/t/washington-examiner-southwest-shambles/1899>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 28, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/washington-examiner-southwest-shambles/1899 "2022-12-28T03:05:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/washington-examiner-southwest-shambles/1899/1 "2022-12-28T03:05:18Z")

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What does Clark Howard have to say about Southwest Airlines in this day and age?

> **[Southwest shambles](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/southwest-shambles)**
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> Until the Mayo Clinic starts using the Novichok nerve agent in place of anesthesia, Southwest Airlines will retain the corporate award for the most rapid and catastrophic self-destruction of its brand.

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**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/washington-examiner-southwest-shambles/1899/2 "2022-12-28T22:14:20Z")

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I used to like flying them, in the Herb Kelliher days.

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**Author:** ![PropofolMask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/washington-examiner-southwest-shambles/1899/3 "2023-01-05T22:16:14Z")

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Clark Howard does have a Southwest Airlines story of his own.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/clark/original/2X/7/7e0533bd57681bdce9195f4548eaf28d6c9da4d6.jpeg "Full Show: Airbnb Background Checks and Clark's Southwest Travel Fiasco") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hl_dlz35NI)

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**Author:** ![Lavarock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/lavarock/32/119_2.png) [@Lavarock](https://community.clark.com/u/Lavarock)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/washington-examiner-southwest-shambles/1899/4 "2023-01-06T03:31:43Z")

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MY friend has more knowledge on Southwest than I do. He says the main propblem was that SW uses their own scheduling software rather than lease it through another airline (can’t remember who does it but most other airlines use the same thing). SW software caused lots of pilots and FAs stuck in “who-knows-where-ville”. Thus no airplane staff.