Steven Senne / AP Christmas in the Airport? Airlines Anticipate Huge Holiday Load After COVID Setback The news about holiday travel came as American and Southwest reported third-quarter profits, thanks to hefty amounts of federal pandemic aid. By The Associated Press October 21, 2021
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Southwest Airlines Makes Major Change to Vaccination Policy After Uprising by Employees Southwest Airlines is a federal contractor subject to a coronavirus vaccine mandate by Dec 8, unless exempted. By Dillon Burroughs October 19, 2021
@DrewHLive / Twitter screen shotCommentary Videos: Hundreds of Southwest Workers Line Streets Outside Airline's HQ to Protest COVID Vax Mandate Following thousands of cancellations from Southwest Airlines this month, employees gathered Monday to protest the company's vaccine mandate. By Grant Atkinson October 18, 2021
Nichola Kamm / AFP via Getty Images; Fox Business / YouTube screen shotCommentary Delta CEO Defies Biden, Refuses to Let Employees Be Threatened by Gov. If the CEO of a major American corporation can figure out how to get things done without threatening jobs, why can't the Biden White House? By Isa Ryan October 17, 2021
@tomselliott / Twitter screen shotCommentary Southwest CEO Finally Says What We're All Thinking, Bashes Biden's Vaccine Mandate After a disastrous weekend for his company, the CEO of Southwest Airlines came out against President Biden's vaccine mandate. By Johnathan Jones October 12, 2021
Fox News / Youtube screen shot 'We Have All the Power': Airline Pilot Warns Biden's Mandate Will Create 'Massive Disruptions' of Shipping and Travel An airline pilot warns the Biden administration of the potential reprecussions of vaccine mandates for pilots. By Johnathan Jones October 12, 2021
Kevin Dietsch / Getty ImagesCommentary Southwest Cancels Hundreds of Flights Again, Denies It's Due to Massive Pilot COVID Vax Protest: Report 'Joe Biden’s illegal vaccine mandate at work!' Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted about Southwest's massive cancellations this weekend. By Cameron Arcand October 11, 2021
David Zalubowski / AP Airline Crippled Nationwide: Blames Weather Amid Court Battle Over Vaccine Mandate Southwest Airlines had a lot of explanations for canceling flights, but other airlines didn't have the same problems. By Jack Davis October 11, 2021
ABC News / YouTube screen shotCommentary Buttigieg Admits Mask-Wearing Is More About 'Respect' Than Science When Confronted 'As we get back and as we're so thankful to get back to the skies ... let's make sure we are doing it in a way that we can all be proud of.' By C. Douglas Golden May 31, 2021
KDVR-TV screen shotCommentary Mom: Family Booted Off of Flight Over Fears 3-Year-Old Might Take Off Mask 'She said, "You have to get off the plane. The captain doesn’t feel comfortable with your family on it,"' a mother told a Denver TV station. By C. Douglas Golden May 9, 2021