Christmas, 16,000 cancellations over the christmas holiday cost the airline $825 million. and gao also found this used to not be a problem. prior to the pandemic, if you look at jetblue as example, in 2019, less than 10% of the cancellations were the fault of the airlines. most was weather. by 2021, it was 66% the airlines fault. to paraphrase great and talented taylor swift, them, it s them, they re the problem, it s them. sandra: i say tay-tay. it all works. jeff flock, thank you for that report. bill: start-ups are pitching visions to investors in hopes of the next great company, select u.s.a. summit and rich is live
Investigative and enforcement powers of the department of transportation. talking 16,700 flights cancelled by southwest between december 21st and december 29th. that means about 2 million passengers were impacted by this. the focus has been in many getting the refunds back to passengers about $400 million of 725 to $825 million this caused southwest to lose because of the meltdown. we re going to the out more today in a new financial filings from southwest airline. we got those numbers. they ve posted a loss and warning more losses ahead. i know they said they ll cooperate, what is that mean? the interesting thing here is that southwest insists the skid yule and staffing were in the right place leading up to this. but southwest said our systems and processes became stressed working to recover from cancellations across 50 airports
Cost the company up to $825 million. the state of florida recently blocked a new advanced placement course for high school students focusing on african american studies. earlier this week, florida s department of education told the college board, which overseas a.p. classes, that the courses are contrary to florida law and lacks educational value. after cnn asked for a clarification and specifics, governor ron desantis office provided us this one-page document that the state questions the inclusion and context surrounding topics including the movement for black lives, black feminist literary thought and the study of reparations. the class is a new offering that the a.p. program has been developing for about a decade. it s currently offered as a pilot in 60 schools across the country this school year with the board planning to make it available to all schools in
Southwest airlines will pay its approximately 9,400 pilots about $45 million in bonuses for working through the holiday travel meltdown they had in late december. the company says it s also going to compensate other employees as well, though it didn t clarify which ones or exactly how much they are going to receive. the airline says 16,700 flights were canceled between december 21 and 29 and what cost the company up to $825 million. meantime, if you have been paying attention to the weather in california lately, it has been wild. torrential rain, flooding and snow. that means the state no longer has the extreme drought problem it did at the end of last year, but according to the latest drought monitor 90% of the state remains dry despite the
Roger goodell says medical personnel on the field likely saved hamlin s life and is moved by outpouring of support. prayers flowed from every team and all corners of the country, and you saw this incredible nationwide concern for damar and a charitable drive in which nearly a quarter of a million people have donated nearly $8 million. i m grateful for it and humbled by all who played a role. reporter: the nfl has decided that the game that was suspended because of hamlin s injury will not be rescheduled. team owners on friday came up with alternative plans for the playoffs to address potential inequities arising from the cancellation. final plans will be based on the outcome of games scheduled for sunday. neil: david lee miller, thank you for that. we re learning that whole meltdown with southwest is going to cost the carrier up to $825 million. too little, too late though for the thousands of stranded