[Tempest1981]

So how do other airlines track where their planes are? Radio? ADS-B?

How about their crews? In-house mobile-phone app?

The Southwest telephone-based system sounds super low-tech. AirTags might work better.

[joezydeco]

Everyone knows where the planes are. It's the pilots and crews that are dead heading around the country to get into position that got lost.

[SoftTalker]

This is going to add fuel to the fire of demand for autonomous/remotely piloted aircraft.

Airlines would like nothing more than to be able to fly passengers in drones and fire all their flight crew.