Southwest Airlines closing 2 more crew bases in cost-cutting push

Southwest Airlines is closing two more crew basis amid its cost-cutting push that has also led to its first mass layoffs in its more than 50 years of flying.The airline is closing crew bases at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and at Texas' Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to a flight attendant union memo."While the Company is within its rights to make this decision, it is not without impact on Flight Attendants," said TWU Local 556 President Bill Bernal. He said th ...