Southwest Airlines is now the subject of a federal investigation over the holiday travel meltdown that led to the cancellation of over 17,000 flights.

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Southwest Air Faces Federal Probe Over Flight Cancellations

And Southwest Airlines is now the subject of a federal investigation over that holiday travel meltdown. The U. S. Transportation Department is looking into the airlines after it canceled nearly 17,000 flights between december 21st and 29th, investigators are saying at Southwest possibly scheduled more flights than they could handle. And after airlines executives in engaged in unrealistic scheduling and that could be considered an unfair and deceptive practice. Under federal law, Southwest issued a statement Wednesday, saying that that they plan to fully cooperate with any government oversight.