I-Southwest Airlines Co. iveze esitatimendeni sayo sommeleli, esenziwe esidlangalaleni namuhla, ukuthi ibhodi labaqondisi ikhiphe uhlu lwabazokhethwa abangu-14 eMhlanganweni Wonyaka Wabanikazi Bamasheya ngoMeyi 15, 2024. Njengoba sekushiwo ngaphambili, Ibhodi liyajabula ukuphakamisa u-Lisa Atherton njengoMqondisi omusha. Kodwa-ke, abaqondisi uRon Ricks noJohn Montford banqume ukungaphinde baqokwe.
I-Southwest Airlines USihlalo Omkhulu Webhodi, u-Gary Kelly, uzwakalise ukubonga kwakhe ku-Ron no-John ngokuzinikela kwabo okungantengantengi enkampanini. Egameni leBhodi, ubonge igalelo elibalulekile elenziwe yibo bobabili abantu, egcizelela umthelela omuhle omuhle ababenawo kuBhodi kanye nempumelelo iyonke ye-Southwest Airlines. U-Kelly ugcizelele isikweletu esikhulu sokubonga esikweletwa uRon noJohn ngomsebenzi wabo oyingqayizivele.
Uma bonke abangenele ukhetho bekhethwa, Ibhodi lizoba namalungu ayi-14, okusho ukwehla ukusuka kubulungu bamanje abayi-15. U-Veronica Biggins, uSihlalo weKomidi Lebhodi Lokuqoka Nokubusa Ngebhizinisi, uthe njengoba Ibhodi liqhubeka, kunengqondo ukulindela ukuncishiswa kancane kancane kobukhulu bayo, okusisondeza kumazinga omlando eminyakeni ezayo.
UMongameli we-Southwest Airlines kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu, u-Bob Jordan, uzwakalise ukubonga kwakhe ku-Ron no-John ngamagalelo abo abalulekile kanye nenkonzo yabo enkampanini. Uphinde wazwakalisa injabulo yakhe ngokuqokwa kuka-Lisa ukuthi ajoyine iBhodi, egqamisa ulwazi lwakhe olunzulu kwezokundiza, ezokuvikela, kanye nezinkontileka zikahulumeni, kanye nerekhodi lakhe elifakazelwe ezinhlelweni eziyinkimbinkimbi ezihamba phambili kanye nezinhlelo zamasu. U-Jordan ukholelwa ukuthi uLisa uzokwenza isengezo esibalulekile eBhodini.