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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="11894925" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest-airlines" source="Orion">Southwest Airlines</keyword> <keyword id="12054042" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pilot" source="Orion">pilot</keyword> has been cited for assault and battery after a mask-related argument at a hotel bar.</li><li>Southwest told Insider that the employee was put on leave amid an internal investigation.</li></ul>A Southwest Airlines pilot has been cited for assault and battery of a colleague over a mask-related argument at a California hotel bar, the airline and the <keyword id="12467984" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="san-jose-police-department" source="Orion">San Jose Police Department</keyword> confirmed to Insider.Southwest Airlines told Insider in an email that an "off-duty disagreement between crewmembers" occurred on an overnight trip in San Jose, California on October 18. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/11/02/southwest-airlines-pilot-assault-battery-mask-dispute-flight-attendant/6238204001/">According to USA Today</a>, the dispute took place between a pilot and a <keyword id="11955373" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flight-attendant" source="Orion">flight attendant</keyword>.The San Jose Police Department confirmed to Insider that the name of the alleged offender is Nick Barelli and the disagreement occurred at the DoubleTree hotel bar. Insider attempted to contact Barelli for comment via LinkedIn, but did not immediately hear back by publication.Sergeant Christian Camarillo, public information officer for the San Jose PD, confirmed to Insider that "the event involved a disagreement over mask-wearing or <keyword id="11917128" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="masks" source="Orion">masks</keyword>."Southwest told Insider that the pilot has been placed on leave while the company conducts an internal investigation, which is currently ongoing, but did not comment further. The case has been handed over to the <keyword id="12467985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="santa-clara-county-district-attorneys-office" source="Orion">Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office</keyword> for review, the police department told Insider.In a memo sent to pilots and flight attendants on October 22, Southwest vice president of flight operations Bob Waltz and vice president of inflight operations Sonya Lacore gave a stern warning about civility and expected employee behavior, according to USA Today."Crossing the line in a heated conversation can be a violation of our guidelines for employees and can even end in loss of job," the memo reportedly said."We realize there has been a steady drumbeat over the last 19 months about civility and respectful discourse - and that is for good reason. Many of our people have been faced with an uncomfortable situation where their beliefs are not shared by someone else, resulting in a confrontation of some kind," the memo continued, per USA Today. "And for every situation we hear about, there are dozens more for which we don't. It is vital that we treat everyone with respect and honor our differences without pushing our ideals on someone else."Southwest Airlines' flight attendant union, TWU Local 556, backed their flight attendant in a statement to USA Today. A spokesperson for TWU Local 556 did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment."We are aware of this matter and the fact that the investigation continues," the union told USA Today. "As with all flight attendants we represent, we will support our member in accordance with the law and our collective bargaining agreement.''

A Southwest Airlines pilot was cited over alleged assault and battery after a mask-related disagreement with a colleague at a hotel bar

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Southwest Airlines has ordered lawyers to complete eight hours of religious-liberty training.</li><li>District Judge Brantley Starr said Alliance Defending Freedom should run the session.</li></ul>A federal judge has ordered lawyers representing Southwest Airlines to attend "religious-liberty" training sessions hosted by a conservative Christian legal group, triggering a debate among legal experts.Judge Brantley Starr, a US district judge for the Northern District of Texas, chose Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, to provide the training, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://apnews.com/article/southwest-airlines-judge-religious-speech-training-b643395cf72c076ded60770d31156f91">the Associated Press reported on Saturday</a>. The conservative Christian legal-advocacy group has become known for its involvement in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-lgbtq-colorado-case-fake-detail-doesnt-matter-2023-7">high-profile Supreme Court cases</a>, its opposition to abortion and transgender rights, and its defense of business owners that <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="c-link" href="https://www.insider.com/colorado-baker-end-legal-spat-over-transgender-womans-cake-2019-3?_gl=1*vnez2q*_ga*MTc0OTY5ODQ1MC4xNjkwODkwNDUw*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY5MTg0ODE1OC4zNy4xLjE2OTE4NDkxNzYuNTQuMC4w">refuse service to same-sex couples on religious grounds</a>.The legal ruling centers around <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.insider.com/fired-southwest-flight-attendant-won-51-million-verdict-against-airline-2022-7?_gl=1*1pufr3*_ga*MTc0OTY5ODQ1MC4xNjkwODkwNDUw*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY5MTgzODUyMy4zNi4xLjE2OTE4Mzk0MzIuMzAuMC4w">the case of a Southwest flight attendant</a> who sued the airline, claiming that she was fired for expressing her anti-abortion views. Southwest said that she had harassed a senior staff member and broken the company's social-media policy.A jury in Dallas awarded the flight attendant $5.1 million in payouts in 2022, which Starr subsequently reduced to $800,000, the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://apnews.com/article/southwest-airlines-judge-religious-speech-training-b643395cf72c076ded60770d31156f91">AP reported</a>.But this week, Starr issued <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.292215/gov.uscourts.txnd.292215.467.0.pdf">a 29-page order</a> that stated the court held Southwest Airlines in civil contempt of last year's ruling.He said that Southwest had sent a notice to staff following the verdict that stated the airline "does not discriminate" instead of "may not discriminate." Starr, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump, also pointed to a second staff notice that he said indicated Southwest believed the attendant's dismissal was justified."It's hard to see how Southwest could have violated the notice requirement more," he said in the court order. "Southwest's speech and actions toward employees demonstrate a chronic failure to understand the role of federal protections for religious freedom."Starr has ordered three of the airline's lawyers to attend ADF's religious-liberty training, which he described as "particularly well-suited" for the job. He said the training should be conducted at a time decided ADF decides but that it must be completed by August 28.Legal experts have questioned the judge's nomination of the controversial Christian nonprofit law firm to conduct the training, and Southwest is planning to appeal the order.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://apnews.com/article/southwest-airlines-judge-religious-speech-training-b643395cf72c076ded60770d31156f91">AP reported</a> that David Lopez, a law professor at Rutgers University and formerly the longest-serving general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said training with ADF could violate the religious rights of the lawyers. He added that the ADF is "a voice many people view as being very controversial and very narrow."Douglas Laycock, who retired from his job as a law professor at the University of Virginia in May as one of the nation's leading experts on religious-liberty law, agreed. He told <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://apnews.com/article/southwest-airlines-judge-religious-speech-training-b643395cf72c076ded60770d31156f91">AP</a> that Southwest could argue "that the ADF has extreme views on these issues and will give distorted training."Southwest Airlines and the ADF did not immediately reply to requests for comment by Insider made outside normal working hours.

Southwest Airlines lawyers ordered to complete religious-liberty training run by a conservative Christian legal group &mdash; kicking off debate over religious free speech

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11902009" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest" source="Orion">Southwest</keyword> was <keyword id="12306873" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sued" source="Orion">sued</keyword> by a woman who claims she was taken off flight for removing <keyword id="6438835" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mask" source="Orion">mask</keyword> to drink water.</li><li>The woman alleged that an attendant told her "we don't care" about her medical exemption card.</li></ul>A passenger sued <keyword id="11894925" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest-airlines" source="Orion">Southwest Airlines</keyword> on Tuesday for $10 million over claims that the carrier ordered her off the flight for removing her mask so she could drink water.Medora Clai Reading, 68, said a <a href="https://ecf.nyed.uscourts.gov/doc1/123118502610">complaint</a>, filed in New York Eastern District Court, that she was traveling on January 7 from Washington, DC to Palm Beach, <keyword id="11910362" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="florida" source="Orion">Florida</keyword>, on a Southwest Airlines flight when she was told by a flight attendant to keep her mask on despite her medical conditions.Reading said in the complaint that she had difficulty breathing because of a heart condition, low blood sugar, and claustrophobia. She also said that drinking water helped with her medical issues.According to the complaint, she informed a Southwest employee about her conditions when she bought the flight ticket and she was seated at the front of the plane.Reading said she was talking to a Southwest employee before boarding when a gate supervisor joined the conversation to tell her that the <keyword id="11894930" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="airline" source="Orion">airline</keyword> "does not care" about her disabled status, per the complaint.On the plane, Reading asked for a bottle of water from a flight attendant who asked her if she needed to take medication, she said in the complaint.Reading said in the complaint that she showed the flight attendant her medical exemption card but the flight attendant told her "we don't care," adding that she must keep her face covering on at all times.Reading said in the complaint that she started drinking the water that was given to her. The flight attendant later shouted at her, saying "You were talking!" when Reading was explaining that she needed to drink water, per the complaint.A gate attendant eventually told her to get off the flight, Reading alleged in the complaint.Reading also alleged in the complaint that she was told she was entitled to a full refund for the plane ticket, but she said she had never received it. The complaint said that Reading has sued Southwest for $10 million.Southwest didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside of US operating hours.

Southwest passenger sues airline for $10 million, claiming she was removed from a flight for taking her mask off to drink water

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A woman who punched a <keyword id="11955373" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flight-attendant" source="Orion">flight attendant</keyword> during a May <keyword id="12039900" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flight" source="Orion">flight</keyword> pleaded guilty to a federal charge.</li><li>Cellphone video captured Vyvianna Quinonez attacking a <keyword id="11902009" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest" source="Orion">Southwest</keyword> flight attendant on a plane.</li></ul>A <keyword id="11892889" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="california" source="Orion">California</keyword> woman who was seen <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-punching-southwest-airlines-flight-attendant-charged-with-assault-2021-9">attacking a flight attendant on a Southwest flight in May</a>, chipping three of her teeth and sending her to the hospital, pleaded guilty to interfering with the airline employee in federal court on Wednesday. Vyvianna M. Quinonez, 28, of Sacramento, California, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California said in a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/woman-pleads-guilty-interfering-southwest-airlines-flight-attendant">statement</a> released Wednesday. The incident occurred during a Southwest flight from Sacramento to San Diego in May of this year. The flight attendant asked Quinonez to put on her seatbelt, stow away her tray table, and wear her mask properly, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-punching-southwest-airlines-flight-attendant-charged-with-assault-2021-9">Insider reported</a> in September, when Quinonez was initially charged.According to prosecutors, Quinonez began filming the flight attendant and then shoved her. <a href="https://twitter.com/ndelriego/status/1398050313161129984">Cell phone video</a> from another passenger shows Quinonez hitting the flight attendant multiple times before being stopped by another passenger who stepped in."Don't you dare touch a flight attendant like that," the man can be heard saying in the video.Video shows the flight attendant, who has not been named publicly, with blood dripping down her face as the male passenger stands in between the two women.The flight attendant was later taken to a hospital to be treated for a swollen eye, a bruised arm, and a cut under her eye that required stitches, prosecutors said. She also suffered three chipped teeth following the assault, two of which were replaced by crowns. "The flight attendant who was assaulted was simply doing her job to ensure the safety of all passengers aboard the plane," acting United States Attorney Randy Grossman said in the statement. "It's inexcusable for anyone to use violence on an airplane for any reason, particularly toward a flight attendant who is there to keep all the passengers safe."In a statement to Insider, a spokesperson for Southwest said the airline has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to physical of verbal abuse against employees."We appreciate the efforts of federal and local authorities working to bring this case to justice," the statement said. Quinonez could not be reached for comment and it was unclear if she had retained a lawyer. She is set to be sentenced on March 11, 2022, according to prosecutors. The May incident, in part, prompted both <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-wont-serve-alcohol-until-end-of-july-2021-5">Southwest Airlines</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/american-airlines-joins-southwest-to-ban-alcohol-on-flights-2021-5">American Airlines</a> to extend their suspension of alcohol service on flights in an attempt to curtail the increase in disruptive and violent passenger behavior in recent months. The altercation is just one of <a href="https://www.faa.gov/unruly">thousands</a> of <keyword id="11898287" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="unruly-passenger" source="Orion">unruly passenger</keyword> incidents reported during a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flight-attendants-are-burned-out-as-passenger-violence-soars-2021-6">record-breaking year</a> for conflict aboard commercial airlines. In September, the US Federal Aviation Administration said there had been 4,385 reports of unruly passengers, prompting 789 investigations, 162 enforcement cases, and $1.1 million in fines.But of all the unruly passenger incidents at the time, only Quinonez has faced criminal charges.

A California woman who was charged with punching a flight attendant in the face pleaded guilty to a federal charge

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="11902009" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest" source="Orion">Southwest</keyword> pilot was cited on alleged assault last month following a dispute with a flight attendant.</li><li>The altercation involved a disagreement over <keyword id="11917128" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="masks" source="Orion">masks</keyword>, according to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/11/02/southwest-airlines-pilot-assault-battery-mask-dispute-flight-attendant/6238204001/">USA Today.</a></li></ul>A Southwest Airlines pilot was cited on alleged assault and battery last month following a dispute with a flight attendant over mask-wearing at a San Jose hotel bar, according to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/11/02/southwest-airlines-pilot-assault-battery-mask-dispute-flight-attendant/6238204001/">USA Today.</a>The incident happened during an overnight stay following a flight on Monday, October 18, according to police records reviewed by the outlet. A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines confirmed to Insider that an off-duty disagreement between crew members occurred, prompting an ongoing internal investigation at the company. One employee is currently on leave pending the internal process, the airline said.The case has been referred to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office for possible charges and a spokesperson from the office told Insider they are reviewing the incident. A spokesperson with the San Jose Police Department told USA Today that the altercation involved a disagreement over mask-wearing or masks. The department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Less than a week after the incident occurred, Southwest sent a memo to all pilots and flight attendants highlighting the importance of civility and following the golden rule, according to USA Today."Crossing the line in a heated conversation can be a violation of our guidelines for employees and can even end in loss of job," it reportedly said.The memo was sent by Southwest's vice president of flight operations, Bob Waltz, and vice president of inflight operations, Sonya Lacore, the outlet reported. The document suggested flight crew conduct a briefing at the start of each trip in order to "set the right tone."The memo also emphasized that employees are required to wear masks, including during such briefings."We realize there has been a steady drumbeat over the last 19 months about civility and respectful discourse - and that is for good reason. Many of our people have been faced with an uncomfortable situation where their beliefs are not shared by someone else, resulting in a confrontation of some kind," the memo said, according to USA Today."And for every situation we hear about, there are dozens more for which we don't. It is vital that we treat everyone with respect and honor our differences without pushing our ideals on someone else," it added.The memo also warned that it is "especially important" for crew members to "measure discussions" when they veer toward sensitive topics that could elicit emotional responses."Being off-duty is never an excuse to ignore the Golden Rule. Everyone has a different story before coming to work, and many times the best support we have is one another," it said. A union for Southwest Airlines flight attendants told the outlet it was aware of the incident and will continue to support its member in accordance with the law.

A Southwest pilot was cited on allegations of assault after fighting with a flight attendant over masks in a hotel bar

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11902009" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest" source="Orion">Southwest</keyword> was granted a preliminary injunction, stopping <keyword id="12284195" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kiwi-com" source="Orion">Kiwi.com</keyword> from displaying its fares.</li><li>A judge said Kiwi.com caused "damage to [Southwest's] reputation and loss of goodwill."</li></ul>A federal judge granted Southwest <keyword id="11898285" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="airlines" source="Orion">Airlines</keyword> a preliminary injunction against Kiwi.com, stopping the discount-ticket website from posting the airline's fares. "Kiwi breached [Southwest's] Terms by scraping Southwest flight data and fare from Southwest's website, presenting Southwest flight data on kiwi.com, and selling Southwest flights without authorization," Ada Brown, US district judge, wrote in an order dated September 30.The injunction stops Kiwi.com from scraping fare data, displaying tickets, and selling Southwest flights - it's the "whole nine yards," a spokesperson for Southwest's <keyword id="11899820" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="law" source="Orion">law</keyword> firm, Munck Wilson Mandala, told Insider via email. Southwest sued Kiwi.com in January in US District Court in the Northern District of <keyword id="11896956" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="texas" source="Orion">Texas</keyword>, saying the website breached the terms of Southwest's website by scraping fare and flight information."As detailed in Southwest's request for a preliminary injunction, Kiwi.com improperly inflates Southwest fares and engages in other conduct that harms both Southwest and its customers," a Southwest spokesperson said via email on Friday.He added, "Southwest is pleased that Judge Brown has ordered Kiwi.com to stop these unauthorized activities until this matter reaches a final decision."The injunction will remain in effect until a decision at trial or another court motion. Brown wrote that Kiwi.com had "caused Southwest to suffer damages, including damage to its reputation and loss of goodwill from customer complaints and increased customer service burdens and disruption to operations."Southwest is also in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-legal-battles-search-engines-skiplagged-cheap-flights-2021-7">an ongoing legal battle</a> with Skiplagged, another travel search site. The airline in previous court filings had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-kiwi-flights-skiplagged-data-lawsuit-2021-8">sought details</a> about the relationship between Skiplagged and Kiwi.com. Southwest is "no stranger" to suing search engines and other sites that are displaying its fares, wrote Jeffrey Neuburger, co-head of law firm Proskauer Rose LLP's Technology, Media &amp; Telecommunications Group, in <a href="https://newmedialaw.proskauer.com/2021/10/04/southwest-airlines-wins-injunction-barring-travel-site-from-scraping/">a blog post</a>."What made this result particularly notable is that the preliminary injunction is based on the likelihood of success on the merits of Southwest's breach of contract claim and Kiwi's alleged violation of Southwest's site terms," Neuburger wrote.Kiwi.com didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. But the company has told Insider in recent interviews that it was unreasonable for Southwest to claim it had broken the airline's website's <keyword id="12284196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="terms-of-service" source="Orion">terms of service</keyword>.In July, a Kiwi.com spokesperson <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-legal-battles-search-engines-skiplagged-cheap-flights-2021-7">told Insider</a>: "Southwest makes its flight and fare data publicly available to the entire internet, and it cannot legitimately prevent fare competition and price comparisons through enforcement of its browsewrap terms of use, to which Kiwi.com never agreed in any event."

Southwest wins preliminary injunction against flight website Kiwi to stop it from posting the airline's fares

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Two men are charged with <keyword id="12189639" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mail-fraud" source="Orion">mail fraud</keyword> after receiving over $300,000 from airlines in a lost luggage scam.</li><li>Authorities say Pernell Anthony Jones, Jr. used fake identities to purchase flights and falsely claim his luggage was lost.</li></ul>Two frequent flyers from Louisiana are accused of stealing $300,000 from airlines in an elaborate lost-luggage scam, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/two-charged-airline-baggage-scam-involving-over-550000-false-claims">according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.</a>Louisiana residents Pernell Anthony Jones Jr., 31, and Donmonick Martin, 29, are charged with claiming over $500,000 in lost luggage claims without ever checking a bag, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/two-charged-airline-baggage-scam-involving-over-550000-false-claims"></a> Jones ran the scheme on over 180 flights in and out of New Orlean's Louis Armstrong International Airport, fraudulently requesting lost luggage compensation from commercial airlines, including American, Alaska, Southwest, United, and JetBlue. Authorities say Jones requested $550,000 in total compensation and managed to secure $300,000 paid out by carriers.Both men are charged with conspiracy to commit mail <keyword id="11893299" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fraud" source="Orion">fraud</keyword> and mail fraud because they had the checks mailed through the <keyword id="11996296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="usps" source="Orion">USPS</keyword>, according to authorities. If convicted, Jones faces up to 20 years and Martin up to five years in jail. US Attorney Duane Evans did not reveal how the pair were caught but emphasized the two are only charged with the crimes and their guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."We're pleased the DOJ is pursuing this matter," an <keyword id="11910935" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="american-airlines" source="Orion">American Airlines</keyword> spokesperson told Insider.Southwest declined to comment, while Alaska, United, and JetBlue did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.The <a href="https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/air-travel-consumer-report-december-2020-full-year-2020-numbers">DOT's Air Travel Consumer Report</a> reported US airlines mishandled just 4.11 bags per 1,000 checked in 2020. Of the 209 million bags carried, 5% were never returned to their owners, according to the DOT.

2 men are charged with defrauding airlines out of $300,000 in a 5-year lost-luggage scam

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Airlines responded to a mask-mandate suit, saying the claim should be filed with the government.</li><li>Delta, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, Allegiant, Frontier, and Spirit responded in federal court. </li><li>There is "no private right of action," lawyers for Frontier and Allegiant wrote.</li></ul>Seven airlines sought to dismiss a lawsuit over mask requirements for passengers, arguing the plaintiff should have filed an administrative complaint with the government. Lucas Wall, of Washington DC, in June <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jetblue-southwest-delta-other-airlines-sued-over-mask-mandates-2021-6">filed the lawsuit, </a>alleging that the airlines had violated <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/passengers-disabilities">the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA)</a>. He said he has a medical condition that means he can't wear a mask and should be exempt from the federal mandates and airline requirements. "The ACAA confers no private right to sue an air carrier," lawyers for <keyword id="11947683" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="delta-air-lines" source="Orion">Delta Air Lines</keyword>, <keyword id="11971365" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alaska-airlines" source="Orion">Alaska Airlines</keyword>, <keyword id="11894925" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest-airlines" source="Orion">Southwest Airlines</keyword>, and <keyword id="11896632" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jetblue-airways" source="Orion">JetBlue Airways</keyword> wrote in a joint motion to dismiss filed on Monday.<keyword id="11971363" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="frontier-airlines" source="Orion">Frontier Airlines</keyword> and Allegiant Air also filed a joint motion in US District Court in Orlando. <keyword id="11971364" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spirit-airlines" source="Orion">Spirit Airlines</keyword> filed separately. Although they arrived in three filings, the arguments from each of the seven airlines overlapped. They were in agreement that Wall didn't have legal standing to sue them in federal court. As the lawyers for Frontier and Allegiant wrote: "Plaintiff's claims fail as a matter of law because there is no private right of action"They said Wall should have first filed a complaint with the Dept. of <keyword id="11894924" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="transportation" source="Orion">Transportation</keyword> (DOT). If the DOT hadn't acted on an administrative complaint, then he might have had grounds to sue the airlines, the motion said. "Yet Plaintiff chose not to pursue that path to judicial review," the airlines said. In response, Wall claimed the airlines were sidestepping the issue at hand, relying instead on technical arguments to try to dismiss his lawsuit. "My rebuttal to that is that the DOT is not enforcing the law as it's required to do," he said in a phone interview.He pointed to an update published by the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, a unit within the DOT's Office of the General Counsel, on February 5. That <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/masks-notice-of-enforcement-policy">Notice of Enforcement Policy</a> gave the airlines 45 days to bring their mask requirements into compliance with the ACAA. That notice said the government would "exercise its prosecutorial discretion" in cases involving ACAA compliance. Wall claimed that showed the government wasn't enforcing the law. A Southwest spokesperson on Friday said the airline is enforcing the federal mask mandate. The airline said it's telling passengers about the pandemic safety requirements several times before they head to the airport. They included notices during the booking process and in pre-trip emails. "While we regret any customer inconvenience, federal law requires each person, 2 years of age and older, to wear a mask at all times throughout the air travel journey," a spokesperson said via email. The airline also said it has posted details on its website for applications for exemptions from mask requirements. Wall said he plans in September to file an amended complaint against the airlines, which he said will include at least one new charge.Frontier and Allegiant declined to comment. A lawyer for Delta referred questions to the airline, which also declined to comment. Insider has reached out to the remaining airlines for comment. In a separate complaint, Wall's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mask-mandate-lucas-wall-lawsuit-biden-administration-cdc-2021-8">also suing</a> the CDC, President Joe Biden, and other federal agencies. The Dept. of Justice said mask mandates <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mask-mandates-constitutional-cdc-lawsuit-doj-airlines-florida-lucas-wall-2021-8">weren't unconstitutional</a>. Wall said the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/states-with-ongoing-eviction-bans-after-biden-ban-shut-down-2021-8">to strike down</a> the administration's eviction moratorium gave him hope for his lawsuit. The decision "is really exciting for my case because the eviction ban is based on the same part of the public health service law that the mask mandate and testing requirement are based on," he said.

7 airlines, including Southwest and Delta, are trying to dismiss a man's anti-mask lawsuit, saying he has no authority to sue them in federal court

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6444246" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="southwest">Southwest</keyword> <keyword id="44023" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="airlines">Airlines</keyword> sued flight-search site <keyword id="2743154" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Skiplagged">Skiplagged</keyword> in Texas over displaying the airline's fares. </li><li>The lawsuit escalated the airline's legal fight, following a lawsuit against <keyword id="9716171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kiwi-com">Kiwi.com</keyword>. </li><li>"Neither Skiplagged nor Kiwi is authorized to display Southwest fares," the airline said.</li></ul>Southwest Airlines filed a lawsuit against Skiplagged, a flight <keyword id="47576" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Search">search</keyword> engine, in a second legal challenge against flight-search sites that display the airline's cheap flights. The airline said both Skiplagged and Kiwi.com broke its website's terms by displaying ticket prices. It previously filed suit against Kiwi.com. Southwest said it only allows online travel agents to sell tickets for its flights with the airline's permission. In its newest lawsuit, filed last week in US District Court, the airline said the two travel sites appeared to be working together. It said Skiplagged's flight data came from Kiwi.com. "Neither Skiplagged nor Kiwi is authorized to display Southwest fares or sell Southwest flights," the airline's lawyers wrote in the complaint.Southwest didn't respond to a request for comment. A lawyer for Skiplagged declined to comment. "We cannot comment on the latest lawsuit itself, but what is appearing here is a sense of panic from Southwest," a Kiwi.com spokesperson said. "Trying to hold back freedom of choice brought about through tech innovation with aggressive legal action is a sad situation from an airline that was a disruptor themselves."Southwest in early June had sent a cease-and-desist letter to Skiplagged. In the exchange of letters that followed, Skiplagged denied the claim, saying it didn't scrape Southwest's website for info. Skiplagged also said it had removed Southwest's heart logo from its website. "Given these facts, I assume it is not necessary to go into detail on the many mistaken assumptions and assertions in your letter," Skiplagged CEO Aktarer Zaman wrote in an email to Southwest in late June. "I trust this resolves the matter." In the following letters, which were included in Southwest's lawsuit, the companies were unable to negotiate a solution."It is beyond dispute that Southwest routing information is widely available through multiple public-facing sources, which undermines [Southwest's] Letter's suggestion that Skiplagged is republishing confidential information," wrote Skiplagged's lawyer, Irwin B. Schwartz, of BLA Schwartz, in the final letter. Skiplagged earlier this month filed <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-legal-battles-search-engines-skiplagged-cheap-flights-2021-7">a pre-emptive lawsuit</a> in New York, its home state, asking a judge to rule on whether it had broken Southwest's terms.By filing its new lawsuit in Texas, Southwest moved to keep its legal fight against the flight-search engines in its home state. Southwest sued Kiwi.com in Texas earlier this year.

Southwest sues Skiplagged in Texas, escalating its legal challenge against flight-search sites that display its fares

<ul class="summary-list"><li>JetBlue, Southwest, Delta, and four other airlines have been sued over their mask requirements.</li><li>Lucas Wall, of Washington DC, said his anxiety condition means he can't wear a mask.</li><li>He said he's been living in his mother's retirement community in Florida and is stranded there. </li></ul>A frequent flier on Monday filed a lawsuit against seven airlines - Southwest, Alaska, Allegiant, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, and Spirit - accusing them of discriminating against travelers who can't wear masks because of medical conditions. Lucas Wall, of Washington DC, can't wear a mask because he has generalized anxiety disorder, according to a complaint filed in US District Court in Orlando, Florida.He filed a similar complaint against government agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control &amp; Prevention.Federal mask mandates for travelers <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tsa-mask-mandate-extended-september-13-travel-covid-19-2021-5">have been in place</a> for months. Airlines have their own mask requirements. <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="transportation">Transportation</keyword> Secretary Pete Buttigieg in late May said mask mandates were still in place as a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pete-buttigieg-mask-mandates-public-transportation-vaccinations-2021-5">"matter of respect"</a> for flight crews and others.Wall said he's been stranded in his mother's retirement community in The Villages, Florida, because he can't fly without a mask. His court filings included medical paperwork detailing his diagnosis."I take medication for that, but I'm still prone to panic attacks," he said in a phone interview this week. "One of the triggers is any time my breathing is obstructed - that brings a feeling of claustrophobia and a complete sense of unease." <div type="image" title="A TSA employee raises her hand to stop passengers in front of a JetBlue sign" height="2899" width="4349" msid="83666509" hostid="261"></div>Wall bought tickets for eight flights this summer, according to his complaint. He requested a mask waiver on the airlines' websites. When he went to Orlando International for the first one, on June 2, he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGxxF71KWCc">recorded his interactions</a> with members of the Transportation Security Administration."To get in you need a mask," a TSA officer said in one video. After a back-and-forth with the TSA, airport officials, and Southwest employees, Wall missed his flight.Wall said the airlines' requirements violate the Air Carrier Access Act, which protects passengers with disabilities from discrimination. He sought an emergency temporary restraining order, letting him <keyword id="6354692" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Travel">travel</keyword> without a mask.JetBlue on Thursday filed in opposition to a temporary restraining order, saying Wall's complaint "is entirely without merit." Only the Department of Transportation can investigate or enforce ACAA regulations, the airline said in its filing. "Plaintiff cites that he needs emergency relief from this Court because, otherwise, he will be 'stranded at [his] mother's house in the Villages,'" wrote JetBlue's lawyer, Suzanne E. Gilbert, of Holland &amp; Knight LLP. "Plaintiff's procrastination is not an emergency."Wall said he expected that initial defense, which amounted to "a government agency conspiring with the airlines" to ground travelers who can't wear masks. A Delta spokesperson said via email: "While Delta has no specific comment on this complaint, the actions Delta began taking in 2020 to protect our people and customers during the pandemic are part of our long-standing commitment to a high standard of care as nothing is more important at Delta than safety."It added: "Delta's mask-wearing requirement for customers and our people remains in place as does a federal mandate for mask-wearing across all modes of public transportation."An Allegiant spokesperson declined to comment. Insider has reached out to the other airlines for comment.Wall said he's been comfortable in The Villages, but the arrival of summer means unbearable weather. He's desperate to get out to the Rocky Mountains - or anywhere else.He said he's been to all 56 states and territories, and has visited 134 countries. He's planning to make it to every one.He added: "I mean, you can also say as a 44-year-old living in a retirement community - as much as I love my mother - it's not the greatest place to be."

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