Southwest got billions of dollars in taxpayer aid. Why is its service still a mess?

When the coronavirus pandemic ground the transportation industry to a screeching halt in early 2020, the US government doled out more than $54 billion in aid to help pay employees and keep the systems from buckling.
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Southwest got billions of dollars in taxpayer aid. Why is its service still a mess?
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