{"id":89643,"date":"2021-10-12T16:46:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=89643"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:46:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:46:56","slug":"heres-the-back-story-to-the-unprecedented-southwest-airlines-flight-cancellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=89643","title":{"rendered":"Here’s the back story to the unprecedented Southwest Airlines flight cancellations."},"content":{"rendered":"

More Info Surfaces On Southwest Airlines Flight Cancellations and Pilot Push Back Against Vaccine Mandates<\/h1>\n

The Conservative Treehouse<\/p>\n

People inside Southwest Airlines are speaking out carefully and pointing out why there are so many flight disruptions. \u00a0 Essentially, the background issues are what were discussed earlier.\u00a0 Pilots are pushing back against vaccine mandates; and if you think about the curriculum vitae of a typical pilot, it makes sense.<\/p>\n

\"\"A big percentage of commercial airline pilots are former military pilots.\u00a0 That group of people carry a strong disposition toward the principles of patriotism, service, liberty and freedom.<\/p>\n

It is a simple truism that upsets leftists, but it makes sense for this specifically skilled workforce group to be the tip of the push back spear.<\/p>\n

Alex Berenson provides some background details<\/a> after being contacted by a Southwest pilot: \u201cThe pilot emailed following the first Southwest post today (and provided his SWA ID to prove his identity). He asked that I paraphrase the email.<\/em><\/p>\n

Essentially, the union cannot organize or even acknowledge the sickout, because doing so would make it an illegal job action. Years ago, Southwest and its pilots had a rough negotiation, and the union would not even let the pilots internally discuss the possibility of working-to-rule (which would have slowed Southwest to a crawl).<\/em><\/p>\n

But at the moment the pilots don\u2019t even have to talk to each other about what they\u2019re doing. The anger internally \u2013 not just among pilots but other Southwest workers \u2013 is enormous. The tough prior negotiations notwithstanding, Southwest has a history of decent labor relations, and workers believe the company should stand up for them against the mandate. Telling pilots in particular to comply or face termination has backfired. (read more<\/a>)
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This account is being confirmed by multiple people in\/around the industry on social media:<\/p>\n

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As we previously outlined, this is not about vaccines per se\u2019, this is more about a slippery slope of having the government dictate how you can live your life and earn a living.<\/p>\n

If they can force you to have a medical procedure, and then carry documentation of that procedure in order to work\u2026 why can\u2019t they force you to get a small electronic implant of your identification, which would coincidentally include your medical authorizations for work?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just a metal detector\u2026. it\u2019s just taking off your shoes\u2026 it\u2019s just wearing a mask\u2026. it\u2019s just a vaccination\u2026.. it\u2019s just a COVID passport\u2026 it\u2019s always, \u201cjust\u201d.<\/p>\n

Factually I do not believe a federal mandate for a vaccine is even possible or legal. It appears to me that all of Biden\u2019s threats in this regard are simply that, threats<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the threat is to push people to take the vaccine without actually attempting a legal federal mandate; and that approach so far has been successful.\u00a0 However, now they are going to encounter the more hard-core groups who will not concede liberty or freedom to a federal mandate.<\/p>\n

It is obvious Anthony Fauci also knows a federal mandate will lose in court when challenged.\u00a0 The fact that Fauci brings up state vaccination requirements for education, as examples of historically forced vaccinations is both a strawman argument and structurally false.\u00a0 There has never been a FEDERAL mandate for any vaccination.\u00a0 All the vaccinations Fauci discusses (ex. his kids) were state mandates.\u00a0 Each state also has a different set of standards and laws for children and vaccines.\u00a0 There is nothing federal.<\/p>\n

The federal government is attempting to set up a federal work authorization standard<\/em> for private businesses.\u00a0 Non compliance means you cannot work, or you lose your existing job if your employer goes along with the government demand. THAT alone should alarm everyone.<\/p>\n

There is a particularly enraging irony in that Joe Biden\u2019s federal DOJ and Dept of Labor do not enforce<\/em><\/strong> employment eligibility authorization for illegal aliens based on legal status, while at the same time the Biden Dept. of Labor is putting OSHA in charge of a federal policy that will enforce<\/em><\/strong> vaccination requirements.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\n

All of the federal exemptions essentially undermine the \u201cnational health emergency\u201d argument, because if there really was such a public health emergency, there would be no exemptions at all.\u00a0\u00a0 The application of the executive order undermines the actual cornerstone of the executive order itself.\u00a0\u00a0 It cannot withstand scrutiny\u2026. hence, Biden doesn\u2019t actually put any rules or regulations into writing because that gives lawsuits something specific to file injunctions against.<\/p>\n

In the interim, as the freedom coalition digs in to mount a patriotic challenge, the authoritarian attempt of the federal government, the rebellious alliance is hitting back in unique ways as noted by the Southwest Airline pilots and Air Traffic Controllers, both groups hold a significant military service record.<\/p>\n

Another group who are pushing back against the federal effort are local law enforcement.\u00a0 Again, another private sector group that has a heavy percentage of former military service members amid the ranks.<\/p>\n

The blue-collar effort to bolster the resistance by these groups does not have to be too massive to have an impact.\u00a0 Remember, almost all of these leftists and elite-minded communists who now operate as Democrats have no capacity for self-sufficiency.\u00a0\u00a0 If the working class stops picking up their trash; stops mowing their lawns, shopping for them, doing their cleaning and essentially facilitating their lives, this entire group of people cannot function.<\/p>\n