Automation to Take Airlines to High Altitudes During Unexpected Challenges
President Casey Murray of the Southwest Airlines Pilot Association in February 2023 made it very clear that the airline’s outdated technology had failed miserably during the winter storm of 2022. And that the IT and “infrastructure from the 1990s” allowed the wild weather to destroy travel plans for thousands of Southwest passengers, keeping them from spending the holidays with family, friends, and loved ones.