Back in January, Southwest Airlines officially ended its longstanding open-seating policy, moving to an assigned seating model for the first time. The change came a few months after Southwest ditched ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Southwest Airlines employees are expressing frustration after the airline rolled out another new controversial policy—this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back in January, Southwest Airlines officially ended its longstanding open-seating policy, moving to an assigned seating model for ...

Southwest Airlines introduced assigned seating and bag fees starting January 27, 2026. Only pilots and flight attendants may now access cabin jumpseats, citing safety concerns. Some crew members are ...

Southwest Airlines ended open seating and began charging for checked bags, causing issues. Chaos increased with overhead bin shortages and changes to the boarding process. Flight attendant union ...