Southwest faces a Senate hearing today over the airline's holiday travel fiasco
on Thursday over the carrier's December meltdown that stranded thousands of passengers over the holidays.for the travel chaos before the Senate Commerce Committee. The president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, Casey Murray, will tell the panel that the carrier ignored warning signs about its operation, according to written testimony reviewed by CNBC.
Southwest has said it canceled more than 16,700 flights between Dec. 21 and Dec. 31. The issues started with severe winter weather around the U.S. but the carrier lacked the technology to keep pace with the numerous flight changes, prompting the airline to scrap, costing it $800 million in pretax earnings.
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