Southwest Airlines Co. yawulula mu Proxy Statement yake, yomwe idalengezedwa lero, kuti gulu la oyang'anira yatulutsa mndandanda wa anthu 14 omwe adzasankhe pa Msonkhano Wapachaka wa Ogawana nawo pa May 15, 2024. Monga momwe tafotokozera kale, Bungwe likukondwera kusankha Lisa Atherton kukhala Mtsogoleri watsopano. Komabe, Atsogoleri a Ron Ricks ndi a John Montford asankha kusafunanso kusankhidwa.
Kumadzulo kwa Airlines Wapampando wamkulu wa Board, Gary Kelly, adathokoza Ron ndi John chifukwa chodzipereka kosasunthika ku kampaniyo. M'malo mwa Bungwe, adavomereza zopereka zazikulu zomwe anthu onse awiriwa adachita, ndikugogomezera chikoka chabwino chomwe anali nacho pa Board komanso kupambana konse kwa Southwest Airlines. Kelly anatsindika za ngongole yaikulu yoyamikira yomwe Ron ndi John anayenera kuchita chifukwa cha ntchito yawo yapadera.
Ngati osankhidwa onse asankhidwa, Bungweli lidzakhala ndi mamembala a 14, omwe ndi kuchepa kwa mamembala omwe alipo a 15. Veronica Biggins, Wapampando wa Komiti Yosankha ndi Kulamulira kwa Bungwe, adanena kuti pamene Bungwe likupita patsogolo, ndizomveka kuyembekezera. kuchepa kwapang'onopang'ono mu kukula kwake, kuzibweretsa kufupi ndi mbiri yakale m'zaka zikubwerazi.
Purezidenti wa Southwest Airlines ndi Chief Executive Officer, Bob Jordan, adayamikira Ron ndi John chifukwa cha zopereka zawo zazikulu ndi ntchito ku kampani. Adawonetsanso chisangalalo chake pakusankhidwa kwa Lisa kuti alowe mu Board, ndikuwunikira ukadaulo wake wokulirapo pazandege, chitetezo, ndi makontrakitala aboma, komanso mbiri yake yotsimikizika pamapulogalamu otsogola komanso njira zotsogola. Jordan akukhulupirira kuti Lisa apanga chowonjezera chofunikira ku Board.