Travelers check in at a Southwest counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.Elliott Investment Management has requested a special meeting at Southwest Airlines, formalizing the launch of a long-signaled proxy fight for control of the carrier's board.The activist is seeking a meeting date of Dec. 10, it said Monday. Elliott has also trimmed the size of its board slate from 10 director candidates to eight, after Southwest shrunk its bo ...