After the Southwest Airlines debacle left more than 2,500 flights canceled and up to a million travelers stranded over the holidays, it’s clearer than ever that the U.S. airline industry is plagued with major systemic problems. David Sirota discusses the issue, as well as which government agency has the power to fix it (spoiler alert: it’s the Department of Transportation). He’ll also be taking questions from the audience LIVE on-air.If you like the work we’re doing and want to support independent journalism, head over to LeverNews.com to become a subscriber.If you’d like to leave a tip for The Lever, click the following link. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. levernews.com/tipjarA transcript will be available on this episode’s Callin page after it is published.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com