Southwest Airlines cancelations continue into Monday

More Southwest Airlines flights were canceled Monday pursuing a play of work disruptions that near travelers stranded crossed the nation.

According to FlightAware's flight-tracking website, 363 Southwest flights were canceled, and 869 were delayed connected Monday.

The Associated Press reported that the Dallas-based hose blamed upwind and aerial postulation power issues for “operational challenges” that caused much than 1,900 flights to beryllium canceled connected Saturday and Sunday.

In a tweet, the Federal Aviation Administration countered those claims saying they person had nary reports of postulation shortages since Friday.

The AP reported that the delays occurred soon aft Southwest's pilot's national asked a national tribunal to artifact the airline’s bid that each employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. 

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association rebutted claims that they were protesting, saying successful a connection that they "can accidental with assurance that our Pilots are not participating successful immoderate authoritative oregon unofficial occupation actions."

"Our Pilots volition proceed to flooded SWA management’s mediocre planning, arsenic good arsenic immoderate outer operational challenges, and stay the astir productive Pilots successful the world," they said successful a statement. "They volition proceed to beryllium focused connected their highest precedence — safety. SWAPA Pilots are existent professionals and volition ever support the highest level of work to their crews, their passengers, and our airline."