Retire 6 aircraft
Not delivered by the deadline
AI-assessed · human review in progress Found and assessed by AI from the cited sources. Shown with its evidence; it is not counted in any Kept Score until confirmed.
- Announced
- 27 Jan 2022
- Due
- 31 Mar 2022
- Checked
- 12 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“net of 6 and 28 retirements planned in 1Q 2022 and full year 2022, respectively.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Southwest Airlines did not report the retirement of 6 aircraft in the first quarter of 2022; subsequent filings indicate only 4 retirements occurred by the end of the second quarter.
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A Southwest Airlines 10-Q filed 2022-08-02
“The Company ended second quarter 2022 with 730 aircraft, which reflects four owned -700 retirements.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +0.4% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (1 Aug 2022 to 4 Aug 2022). What this measures
Checked 12 Oct 2026.
Commitment lineage
Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.
- Deadline drift +1736 days
- Scope drift +900.0%
- 6 versions
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Version 1 · original · stated 27 Jan 2022
Deadline 31 Mar 2022 (“1Q 2022”) · target 6 aircraft · wording expected
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Version 2 · stated 25 Apr 2024
Deadline 31 Dec 2024 (“in 2024”) · target 35 aircraft · wording expected
“the Company plans to retire approximately 35 aircraft in 2024”
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Version 3 · stated 24 Oct 2024
Deadline 31 Dec 2024 (“in 2024”) · target 41 aircraft · wording expected
“now expects 41 aircraft retirements in 2024”
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Version 4 · stated 30 Jan 2025
Deadline 31 Dec 2025 (“ending 2025”) · target 51 aircraft · wording expected
“This planning assumption supports the Company's plans to retire approximately 51 aircraft, including 49 -700s and two -800s, ending 2025 with roughly 790 aircraft in its fleet.”
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Version 5 · stated 23 Jul 2025
Deadline 31 Dec 2025 (“in 2025”) · target 55 aircraft · wording expected
“expects to retire approximately 55 aircraft in 2025”
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Version 6 · stated 28 Jan 2026
Deadline 31 Dec 2026 (“in 2026”) · target 60 aircraft · wording expected
“plan to retire approximately 60 aircraft”
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Facility other
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Retire
- Deliverable
- aircraft
- Target
- 6 aircraft
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
- Third check on a negative finding: disagreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and read it as “no_evidence”, so a person decides.
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