String of Safety Incidents Prompt Additional Southwest Pilot Training
The airline is requiring that all of its nearly 11,000 pilots attend a daylong training course.
The airline is requiring that all of its nearly 11,000 pilots attend a daylong training course.
The manufacturer also has plans to fly in New York, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area in partnership with United Airlines and Southwest Airlines.
The airline signed an agreement with the manufacturer that will see the partners develop air taxi routes connecting Southwest terminals in California.
In a memo, the airline said it would be pausing pilot new hire classes in 2024.
The private aviation firm will give potential pilots a direct pathway to the right seat at Southwest.
The incident occurred when both aircraft were reportedly assigned to the same runway at San Diego International Airport.
The agreement wraps up four years of negotiations and is estimated to be worth $10 billion.
More than 8,000 Southwest Airlines and American Airlines pilot hopefuls are believed to be affected by the data breach.
Pilots worry the airline might not recover from the latest debacle.
Southwest Airlines continues to reel from recent storms that threw its schedules into disarray.