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*Pete Buttigieg is confident that 2022 Southwest kerfuffle never happens again, here's why*

A year after one of the most egregious operational breakdowns ever witnessed in the aviation industry, the punishment for Southwest Airlines (LUV) - Get Free Report was just handed down by the Department of Transportation. Southwest will have to pay a $140 million settlement, including a $35 million fine, after the airline cancelled almost 17,000 flights during the busy holiday travel season last year, stranding more than 2 million passengers in the process. Related: Tesla rival faces growing bankruptcy risk When asked if the airline industry has done enough in the subsequent months to ensure that a similar debacle never happens again, Department of Treasury Secretary Pete Buttigieg says that he doesn't anticipate any more big problems from the industry he oversees. "There's a lot of credit to go around. Today's announcement is related to a big penalty enforcement action related to failures that took place a year ago," Buttigieg told CNBC Monday. "But I would also say over the course of the last year we have seen much better outcomes than we had a year, a year and-a-half ago." Back in winter 2022, there were reports that the airline had been understaffed heading into the always busy holiday travel season. But Southwest at the time denied that this was the case, saying that the kerfuffle was instead caused by a "scheduling issue." The airline said it was "fully staffed and prepared for the approaching holiday weekend." The severe weather, however, overwhelmed the airline's scheduling tools, according to Southwest. "These operational conditions forced daily changes to our flight schedule at a volume and magnitude that still has the tools our teams use to recover the airline operating at capacity," the airline shared. But Buttigieg says that the industry needed the incentive the DOT just issued in order to ensure that Americans don't experience those delays ever again. "This year we saw some of the biggest travel days ever, and the cancellation rate was less than one half of one percent," Buttigieg boasted. Check out his full interview below.Today, @PeteButtigieg and the Department of Transportation issued the largest ever fine of its kind ($140 million) to Southwest Airlines for the 2022 holiday meltdown that left passengers stranded across the country. pic.twitter.com/cRK0xeAOAg— chyea ok (@chyeaok) December 18, 2023 Get exclusive access to portfolio managers’ stock picks and proven investing strategies with Real Money Pro. Get started now.
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Punching police, passengers screaming: Video captures worst of air travel right now

At this point, almost everyone who works in aviation has sounded the alarm on the increase in passengers who turn difficult, belligerent or outright violent. The International Air Transport Association and the FAA have both put out one-strike action plans to crack down on dangerous behavior (the latest statistics show that the number of unruly passenger incidents rose to one in every 568 flights by 2022) while pilots and flight attendants have been taking to social media to implore travelers to be kinder even as they get frustrated.Related: JetBlue flight attendant shares passenger horror stories "We are looking to see how we can better combat the situation and I'm using the word combat in an interesting way because again when you have customers physically assault our airline employees it does become a fight or flight situation that's crucial to address," JetBlue (JBLU) - Get Free Report flight attendant and Transportation Workers Union Local 579 President Tyesha Best recently told TheStreet.Alteración del orden en vuelo Barranquilla-Miami de la aerolínea Spirit.Un pasajero fue expulsado del avión tras verse involucrado en una agresión física contra varios uniformados de la Policía. pic.twitter.com/iVZa0BQ9FR— Impacto News (@ImpactoNewsCol) December 17, 2023 'Disruption of order on the Spirit flight Barranquilla-Miami' Another sitcom-worthy incident took place on a Spirit Airlines (SAVE) - Get Free Report flight that was scheduled to leave for Miami from Barranquilla, Colombia. As first reported by Colombian news outlet Impacto News, a passenger started growing belligerent shortly after boarding. Police were called to the scene and tried to lead the traveler off the plane when he started throwing punches. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane The video, which was filmed by one of the other passengers aboard the plane and then reshared on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter by the news outlet, captures the passenger hitting a police officer as he is being restrained while other passengers scream and a baby cries. The traveler is also heard yelling obscenities and threats at other travelers in Spanish. "Disruption of order on the Spirit airline flight Barranquilla-Miami," the news outlet wrote in the caption to the video. "A passenger was expelled from the plane after being involved in a physical attack against several uniformed police officers." The traveler was eventually led off the plane and arrested so that the flight could proceed while Colombian authorities said that the traveler's accident was related to alcohol intake and concerned a custody battle over a child with a fellow traveler.'Passenger is no longer welcome on any of our flights,' Spirit says "This man is being prosecuted for the crime against a public servant and in the next few hours he will be placed at the disposal of the competent authorities," Colombian Police General Jorge Urqui told local news station Blu Radio. Spirit also confirmed to news outlets that the man has been banned from any future Spirit flights due to his aggressive behavior. "We do not tolerate aggressive behavior of any kind, and this passenger is no longer welcome on any of our flights," the airline said in a statement. "We will provide any necessary assistance to the relevant authorities as they investigate this matter.for comment." The video also started quickly attracting social media attention as an example of the "passengers gone wild" stories that tend to go viral on different outlets every couple of months. A day after the video was posted on X, it was viewed nearly 6,000 times.
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Pete Buttigieg is confident that 2022 Southwest kerfuffle never happens again, here's why

A year after one of the most egregious operational breakdowns ever witnessed in the aviation industry, the punishment for Southwest Airlines (LUV) - Get Free Report was just handed down by the Department of Transportation. Southwest will have to pay a $140 million settlement, including a $35 million fine, after the airline cancelled almost 17,000 flights during the busy holiday travel season last year, stranding more than 2 million passengers in the process. Related: Tesla rival faces growing bankruptcy risk When asked if the airline industry has done enough in the subsequent months to ensure that a similar debacle never happens again, Department of Treasury Secretary Pete Buttigieg says that he doesn't anticipate any more big problems from the industry he oversees. "There's a lot of credit to go around. Today's announcement is related to a big penalty enforcement action related to failures that took place a year ago," Buttigieg told CNBC Monday. "But I would also say over the course of the last year we have seen much better outcomes than we had a year, a year and-a-half ago." Back in winter 2022, there were reports that the airline had been understaffed heading into the always busy holiday travel season. But Southwest at the time denied that this was the case, saying that the kerfuffle was instead caused by a "scheduling issue." The airline said it was "fully staffed and prepared for the approaching holiday weekend." The severe weather, however, overwhelmed the airline's scheduling tools, according to Southwest. "These operational conditions forced daily changes to our flight schedule at a volume and magnitude that still has the tools our teams use to recover the airline operating at capacity," the airline shared. But Buttigieg says that the industry needed the incentive the DOT just issued in order to ensure that Americans don't experience those delays ever again. "This year we saw some of the biggest travel days ever, and the cancellation rate was less than one half of one percent," Buttigieg boasted. Check out his full interview below.Today, @PeteButtigieg and the Department of Transportation issued the largest ever fine of its kind ($140 million) to Southwest Airlines for the 2022 holiday meltdown that left passengers stranded across the country. pic.twitter.com/cRK0xeAOAg— chyea ok (@chyeaok) December 18, 2023 Get exclusive access to portfolio managers’ stock picks and proven investing strategies with Real Money Pro. Get started now.
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*Costco CEO tells Jim Cramer 2 key secrets of the chain's success*

When it comes to happiness in retail for both shoppers and employees alike, many people consider membership retailer Costco (COST) - Get Free Report the ideal model these days. It's not hard to see why, either. Between its remarkably strong stock price ($674.11 at this writing) and its famously high employee pay, the company sees significantly lower turnover than many other retailers, which Costco CEO Craig Jelinek says is one of the keys to its success.Related: Costco members get some bad holiday news In a recent CNBC interview with Jim Cramer, Jelinek explained the company's belief that "you're only as good as the people around you." "We don't want to turn a lot of employees," Jelinek continued. "People deserve to have good wages and good benefits. We're not a margin business; we just want to sell a lot of stuff, and that's what we do. "I can't explain about everyone else, I can only say that it works for Costco, that's the way we run our business and that's the way we'll always run our business." Cramer also mentioned that Costco's incoming CEO, Ron Vachris, who takes the reins from Jelinek on Jan. 1, started his career 40 years ago as a forklift operator. The move falls in line with Costco's longstanding practice of promoting employees from within. Jelinek also started with the company in an hourly position, as a warehouse manager in 1984. "We've always grown within ... created good jobs and created careers. That's one success: If you don't have a lot of turnover, you don't have a lot of training," Jelinek continued. Cramer also boggled his viewers about Costco's balance between cost and profit, asking, "How are you able to have these low prices without losing money on everything you sell?" Jelinek explained that while membership revenue is part of the equation, Costco doesn't have what he calls "great selection." That means you won't find 10 different brands of peanut butter in its stores, but you "might find two." But he also highlighted that Costco's private label, Kirkland Signature, is a way of "creating deflation in the marketplace and lower prices, and also it makes it a difficult item for the suppliers to have to compete against. "That's part of the trick in terms of having great prices and great sales. It's not that complicated." Discuss trade ideas with Hedge Fund Managers and experienced Day Traders. Get Real Money Pro now.
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Costco CEO tells Jim Cramer 2 key secrets of the chain's success

When it comes to happiness in retail for both shoppers and employees alike, many people consider membership retailer Costco (COST) - Get Free Report the ideal model these days. It's not hard to see why, either. Between its remarkably strong stock price ($674.11 at this writing) and its famously high employee pay, the company sees significantly lower turnover than many other retailers, which Costco CEO Craig Jelinek says is one of the keys to its success.Related: Costco members get some bad holiday news In a recent CNBC interview with Jim Cramer, Jelinek explained the company's belief that "you're only as good as the people around you." "We don't want to turn a lot of employees," Jelinek continued. "People deserve to have good wages and good benefits. We're not a margin business; we just want to sell a lot of stuff, and that's what we do. "I can't explain about everyone else, I can only say that it works for Costco, that's the way we run our business and that's the way we'll always run our business." Cramer also mentioned that Costco's incoming CEO, Ron Vachris, who takes the reins from Jelinek on Jan. 1, started his career 40 years ago as a forklift operator. The move falls in line with Costco's longstanding practice of promoting employees from within. Jelinek also started with the company in an hourly position, as a warehouse manager in 1984. "We've always grown within ... created good jobs and created careers. That's one success: If you don't have a lot of turnover, you don't have a lot of training," Jelinek continued. Cramer also boggled his viewers about Costco's balance between cost and profit, asking, "How are you able to have these low prices without losing money on everything you sell?" Jelinek explained that while membership revenue is part of the equation, Costco doesn't have what he calls "great selection." That means you won't find 10 different brands of peanut butter in its stores, but you "might find two." But he also highlighted that Costco's private label, Kirkland Signature, is a way of "creating deflation in the marketplace and lower prices, and also it makes it a difficult item for the suppliers to have to compete against. "That's part of the trick in terms of having great prices and great sales. It's not that complicated." Discuss trade ideas with Hedge Fund Managers and experienced Day Traders. Get Real Money Pro now.
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*2nd time making a steak, parents said it was undercooked.*

It was a good birthday meal to myself. submitted by /u/JonathanMU to r/steak [link] [comments]
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*What was a "lesson from the kitchen" you learned that seemed like a magical answer to something that someone should have told you about years before? (What secret did a kitchen wizard teach you one day?)*

I was at a dinner at someone's house and there were plenty of leftovers. There were a ton of people there. Several of us were in the kitchen helping to clean up. The hostess pulled a couple of us aside and I was transported into a magic situation. She had us all sit at a table and pulled out some tortillas, hoogie rolls, - the remaining turkey, the side salad, some tongs, some gloves, clingwrap, some condiments and put us to work. Within 15 minutes we had a pile of wrapped "grab and go" sandwiches and wraps. I had never before looked at a salad to see just a mixed up pile of sandwich fillings. Lettuce, tomato, onion.... I couldn't help myself. I blurted aloud when I looked at the table "That is F-ing Brilliant!" All she said was "I am not dealing with left overs" I can not convery properly the WOW factor this had on everyone. When everyone started straggling out as they always do they had to walk by the "take me with you" table. Everyone expected the typical DIY scoop into a plastic container set up but instead had what would happen was a stack of genius. I can only explain this by asking you to picture what would happen if Subway had a Thanksgiving menu. No one took home "left overs" everyone took home LUNCH tomorrow. She actually ran out of sandwiches. What happened to you that leveled up your kitchen game instantly? ​ ​ submitted by /u/IWTTYAS to r/Cooking [link] [comments]
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2nd time making a steak, parents said it was undercooked.

It was a good birthday meal to myself. submitted by /u/JonathanMU to r/steak link comments
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What was a "lesson from the kitchen" you learned that seemed like a magical answer to something that someone should have told you about years before? (What secret did a kitchen wizard teach you one day?)

I was at a dinner at someone's house and there were plenty of leftovers. There were a ton of people there. Several of us were in the kitchen helping to clean up. The hostess pulled a couple of us aside and I was transported into a magic situation. She had us all sit at a table and pulled out some tortillas, hoogie rolls, - the remaining turkey, the side salad, some tongs, some gloves, clingwrap, some condiments and put us to work. Within 15 minutes we had a pile of wrapped "grab and go" sandwiches and wraps. I had never before looked at a salad to see just a mixed up pile of sandwich fillings. Lettuce, tomato, onion.... I couldn't help myself. I blurted aloud when I looked at the table "That is F-ing Brilliant!" All she said was "I am not dealing with left overs" I can not convery properly the WOW factor this had on everyone. When everyone started straggling out as they always do they had to walk by the "take me with you" table. Everyone expected the typical DIY scoop into a plastic container set up but instead had what would happen was a stack of genius. I can only explain this by asking you to picture what would happen if Subway had a Thanksgiving menu. No one took home "left overs" everyone took home LUNCH tomorrow. She actually ran out of sandwiches. What happened to you that leveled up your kitchen game instantly? ​ ​ submitted by /u/IWTTYAS to r/Cooking link comments
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*What is with this new thing of pumping gas with your car on?*

Seriously. When did that stop being seen as super dangerous? I remember when there used to be signs at pumps saying to shut engines off, and figured they were taken down because it was public knowledge. I just started a new job as a driver, and both people I shadowed started pumping with the engine running! The second one I'm like "isn't that dangerous?" He's like I can turn the truck off if you want, but I've never had an issue. That's well and good for you, but I don't want to blow up from this POS truck with a broken exhaust sparking and igniting vapors! Then a few days later I'm filling up the truck and the car in front of me is idling and fueling! What am I missing?! submitted by /u/GrizDrummer25 to r/NoStupidQuestions [link] [comments]
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Never mind global warming, world hunger and a continuous loss of biodiversity.

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*Hasbro has just laid off 1100 people, heavily focused on WotC and particularly art staff, before Christmas to cut costs. CEO takes home $8 million bonus.*

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