Southwest is pretending, and “our free press” therefore reporting, that they’ve canceled all those flights because of “air traffic control problems and weather.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/10/10/southwest-airlines-flight-issues-cancellations/6080308001/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/business/southwest-airlines-cancel-flights.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/10/10/southwest-airline-flight-cancellations-delays/
The Epoch Times at least suggests that the “vaccine” mandate has something to do with it:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/southwest-airlines-cancels-1000-more-flights-as-disruptions-increase_4041406.html
What’s happening at Southwest appears to be a wildcat action, since the union isn’t talking, and neither is the pilots association. Meanwhile Alex Berenson has shared a message he received from an American Airlines employee, to the effect that something similar is brewing there:
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-an-american-airlines-employee/comments