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Southwest Ends Wheelchair-Priority Boarding
Southwest Airlines has announced that it will end its long-criticized “wheelchair priority boarding” practice on January 26. The airline will switch to an assigned-seating system from that date onward. The change is expected to reduce abuse of the system, as some passengers in the U.S. request a wheelchair simply to board earlier, yet are able to leave the aircraft without…
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Southwest Pilot Caught Intoxicated on Duty
On the morning of January 15 at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Southwest Airlines captain David Paul Allsop (52), assigned to Flight 3772 bound for Chicago, was removed from the cockpit by police officers and subjected to an alcohol test. According to bodycam footage, the pilot, whose eyes appeared bloodshot, raised suspicion due to the smell of alcohol. Initially refusing to…
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