Are you kidding me? The FAA were all over them! I would hazard a guess that Southwest has more rigorous compliance checks now than any other.
I still think it is very short sighted to "compete on safety". The whole industry is dependent on the public perception that the industry is safety first.
Southwest has a particularly enviable safety record. Many of the majors have had FAA compliance problems, including just recently AA.
It is foolish to undermine people's confidence in the safety culture of the industry and there is scant evidence of any systematic problem within the industry in the Western World and the statistics support this. Even your argument supports this, citing instead the actions of individuals rather than corporate or regulator cultures being the root cause.
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