Southwest Airlines will no longer overbook flights, according to CEO Gary Kelly. "We’ll cease to overbook going forward,” Kelly said in an interview on CNBC, "The last thing that we want to do is deny a customer their flight.” The announcement comes on the heels of United Airline’s disastrous decision to forcibly remove a passenger from an airplane at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. While United is trying to make up for the incident by reviewing its policies and offering up to $10,000 to passengers to give up a seat in the future, Southwest is going the route of eliminating any overbooking. weld studs (JetBlue also never overbooks.) Overselling tickets under the assumption that some passengers won’t show up isn’t all bad — it’s one of the ways airlines are able to keep ticket prices down.

And, in fact, overbooking isn’t what caused United’s catastrophe. As CNN Money noted, an airline may need to bump passengers when cabin crew, pilots, or air marshals require a seat — precisely the reason United bumped David Dao. But for travelers flying Southwest, the odds of needing to relinquish your seat are lower than ever. "We’re going to work very, very hard to eliminate as many pain points for travel [as] possible,” Kelly added

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Robb Stark arguably suffered one of the most gruesome deaths in "Game of Thrones” history. After (spoiler alert) watching his pregnant wife be stabbed to death and his army brought down in a single room, Stark himself met his fate when he too was stabbed in the gut. Which really, makes it totally understandable that the actor behind the role, Richard Madden, cried the entire way home following the filming. In a new interview with GQ, Madden revealed that he was overwhelmed with his final scene. In fact, he was overcome at having to watch the scene again as part of the interview, he told GQ, "I think it’s really rude you made me watch this.” weld studs Manufacturers While re-watching the scene, Madden became a bit emotional, sharing second-by-second details.

He even revealed that after filming the grueling final death, he had to immediately hop on a plane back to London. He didn’t even have time to wash the fake blood from his hands. Related: Travel the Seven Kingdoms by Visiting the Filming Locations of 'Game of Thrones' On the flight back, Madden said: "I remember being on this flight back to London, covered in fake blood, exhausted and just sobbing,” he said in the video. "It looks like I just murdered someone and got on a flight. Which, in fact, I hadn’t. I’d been murdered.” People around him started to also catch on to his odd behavior and bloody appearance and a cabin crew member even approached him to ask if he was OK. "And then people moved and the rows behind me moved. I was sobbing and covered in blood. I looked like I’d murdered someone and got on that flight,” he said. If those lucky fellow passengers knew they were actually flying with the true King of North they’d be totally OK with his less than desirable flight antics.

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Hurricane Irma first made landfall on islands in the Caribbean on Tuesday. Since then, it has caused mass destruction. At least 10 people have been killed in one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic. Related: What Happens If a Cruise Ship Is Caught in a Hurricane Winds reached 185 miles per hour as the storm pummeled across northern Caribbean islands, including Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. "The extent of destruction in Barbuda is unprecedented,” says Prime Minister Gaston Browne. "95% of properties suffered damage.” Blind Rivet Nut FactoryIrma (1/2) pic.twitter.com/2fgI6kUfx6— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) September 7, 2017 The Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda announced on Wednesday that 95 percent of the buildings on Barbuda were decimated in the storm.

The island, which is home to 1,600, has been rendered "barely habitable,” with 50 percent homeless, the prime minister told local news. 185 mph winds showed no mercy in #Anguilla as #Irma screamed across the northern Caribbean islands. pic.twitter.com/et82nhFZE4— AMHQ (@AMHQ) September 7, 2017 In Anguilla, damage from the storm was "severe and in some places critical.” 2 / #Vliegveld 'Princess Juliana International Airport' op #SintMaarten is ook platgewaaid door #orkaan #Irma - #Philipsburg #SXM #Maho pic.twitter.com/IvOZh8qjN0— Bondtehond (@Bondtehond) September 6, 2017 # The famous Princess Juliana International Airport on Sint Maarten sustained severe damage. Sand washed up to the airport’s main terminal and parts of the building’s roof were blown off. Related: Richard Branson Is Going to Ride Out Hurricane Irma on His Private Island The airport is famous with plane spotters because the runway is adjacent to the beach. A camera recording the scene at Maho Beach, Sint Maarten was ripped out of the ground and taken away with the storm. Some of the first aerial footage of St. Maarten shows widespread devastation from #Irma (📹: Dutch Navy) pic.twitter.com/933kD3HRVS— Brian L Kahn (@blkahn) September 7, 2017 L'ouragan #Irma a dévasté Saint-Martin. L'île est détruite à 95%. Les dégâts sont innombrables. Il y a au moins 8 morts. (© @telematin) pic.twitter.com/7Xb95TxZ5U— Météo Express (@MeteoExpress) September 7, 2017 #SaintBarth lors du passage du Cyclone #Irma. pic.twitter.com/TAmRqJfz9v— Guadeloupe 1ère (@guadeloupe_1ere) September 6, 2017 The French government has said that it is still too early to quantify the damage sustained in French Polynesia, although videos from St. Barthelemy and St. Martin show considerable flooding and buildings razed to the ground. El Gobernador informa que el 17% de la población no tiene servicio de agua producto de la falta de energía eléctrica. #IrmaPR— La Fortaleza (@fortalezapr) September 7, 2017 Delta 302, Boeing B737-900ER taking off from San Juan, hours before Hurricane Irma. Wind 35025G35KTPosted by Wladimir Castro on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Hurricane Irma death toll rises to 10 in the Caribbean, more than half of Puerto Rico w/out power https://t.co/clXVBejVDJ pic.twitter.com/slMDwJy2V4— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) September 7, 2017 In Puerto Rico, two-thirds of the population are without electricity and 17 percent remain without water. Irma is still working its way across the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm. The Dominican Republic, Haiti and the Bahamas remain in the path of impact. The storm is expected to reach Florida by early Saturday. Governor Rick Scott ordered a mandatory evacuation for the state’s coastal areas.

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