3 Things To Know Today

1 Southwest Airlines Pilots Will Vote To Strike

A potential pilots strike may be looming over Southwest Airlines. The pilots union is calling for a vote to authorize it to call for a potential strike. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association has been in contract talks with the airline for years. This will be the first time the union will hold a strike authorization vote. It comes after many pilots and flight attendants were stranded during the recent scheduling meltdown by the Dallas-based airline that caused mass flight delays and cancelations. Union president Casey Murray says pilots have put pressure on the airline to make changes, but there’s been little progress. “We’ve seen meltdown after meltdown, and as we move forward, we think that we can partner and really try to correct some of these inefficiencies,” Murray said. The inefficiencies Murray is referring to come down to four main issues: outdated information technology, infrastructure problems, the airline’s lack of support for pilots and the flawed process of connecting them to flights. In a message to members, the union says it's scheduling the vote for May 1st in order to give customers time to book elsewhere.

2 Brian Walshe Held Without Bail For Murder Of Wife

Prosecutors say the husband of a missing Massachusetts mom dismembered her body before putting it in a dumpster. In court yesterday, they laid out the timeline of Ana Walshe's New Year's Day vanishing and linked DNA after testing items from the dumpster back to her and husband Brian Walshe. Also incriminating, Walshe allegedly looked up how to dispose of a dead body on his son's iPad. The case has captured national attention ever since Ana was reported missing by her boss at the beginning of the year. Brian Walshe told police he last saw his wife the first day of January when she left for a work trip, but there are beginning to be some major holes in that story. As for the res of the family, the couple's three children, all between the ages of 2 and 6, are now in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.

3 Senate Judiciary Committee Schedules Hearing On Ticketmaster

A Senate committee will hold a hearing later this month to investigate a lack of competition in the ticketing industry. The hearing scheduled for January 24th comes two months after Ticketmaster's chaotic rollout of presale tickets for Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, which prevented many fans from getting tickets. Ticketmaster has been accused of price-fixing and antitrust violations. Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar says the hearing will focus on how the consolidated ticketing industry harms both consumers and artists. She says consumers have faced high fees, long waits and website failures for too long. It's estimated Ticketmaster controls 70% of the market for ticketing and live events in the U.S. Live Nation-Ticketmaster has defended its business practices. In November, the company said, “Ticketmaster has a significant share of the primary ticketing services market because of the large gap that exists between the quality of the Ticketmaster system and the next best primary ticketing system.”


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