I know that the Times has to be pretty judicious when it comes to advice (except for a couple of columns that genuinely work on behalf of people the Times otherwise courts as possible advertisers.)But this seems super-simple. Yes, we live in times when expecting Congress (especially the House) to favor "the people" over big donors and big companies can be taken as almost airtight evidence that one doesn't follow the news ... or has forgotten or never learned the golden rule.But if every person (most of whom might actually fly on a commercial airline some time in the next few years) VOWED not to fly SW unless they "did the right thing," I'm pretty sure that they would. (I'm sure they have a pet Congressman or Senator who would - claims of fiscal conservatism notwithstanding - try to get Congress to set up a reimbursement fund a la 9/11.)I think I just read that we're remarkably far from the duopoly that exists with laptops and a great many other things - TEN airlines got bailouts as recently as 2020 - so if one of them is behaving (having skimped on systems for who knows how many years) badly, even a partial boycott is called for. Republicans preach populism - for some of them, it may actually mean something other than bigotry and nostalgia for the 19th century - but there are enough Democrats to hold SW's "feet to the fire," something that is 100% deserved! Ms. Simonetti's article - of necessity - just scratches the surface. I'm sure that there are people out $10,000+.

I know that the Times has to be pretty judicious when it comes to advice (except for a couple of columns that genuinely work on behalf of people the Times otherwise courts as possible advertisers.)But this seems super-simple. Yes, we live in times when expecting Congress (especially the House) to favor "the people" over big donors and big companies can be taken as almost airtight evidence that one doesn't follow the news ... or has forgotten or never learned the golden rule.But if every person (most of whom might actually fly on a commercial airline some time in the next few years) VOWED not to fly SW unless they "did the right thing," I'm pretty sure that they would. (I'm sure they have a pet Congressman or Senator who would - claims of fiscal conservatism notwithstanding - try to get Congress to set up a reimbursement fund a la 9/11.)I think I just read that we're remarkably far from the duopoly that exists with laptops and a great many other things - TEN airlines got bailouts as recently as 2020 - so if one of them is behaving (having skimped on systems for who knows how many years) badly, even a partial boycott is called for. Republicans preach populism - for some of them, it may actually mean something other than bigotry and nostalgia for the 19th century - but there are enough Democrats to hold SW's "feet to the fire," something that is 100% deserved! Ms. Simonetti's article - of necessity - just scratches the surface. I'm sure that there are people out $10,000+.

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