Southwest Airlines has confirmed that it will close two more of its flight attendant bases in Austin, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the latest of a series of cost-cutting moves that insiders fear will fundamentally change the carrier for good and wreck the long-established connection it has with employees.
On Tuesday, the union that represents more than 20,000 flight attendants at the Dallas-based airline said that Southwest had unilaterally decided to shutter the two satellite bases from which a small number of crew members are currently based.
In a short memo to its members, the TWU 556 union said: “While the Company is within its rights to make this decision, it is not without impact on Flight Attendants.”…