Good on you SWA for honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. I know one of the Tuskegee Airmen where I live and he was honored recently at the White House by Mr. Bush. He is a great man who, like many African-Americans, Native Americans, and Japanese Americans who served during W.W. II, had to put up with petty racism from other soldiers and airmen. This is just another example that SWA's corporate heart is in the right place. I will keep me eyes peeled for this jet.

Gordon
Drew tears to my eyes. Southwest Airlines flies in great company with that tail. The Tuskegee Airmen have been heroes of mine ever since I got to interview two for the Wall Street Journal years ago. Bet , for different reasons, that Thelton Henderson and T. Scott Gross would have flown into celebrate with them
This is a story I will share with others

Kudos
Kare Anderson

Why is the decal only going to be displayed for one year?

While it is terrific that SW wants to honor the Tuskegee Airmen, I am wondering if this was the 1940's, if they would have even allowed these individuals to fly SW. Today, for the third time, someone was threatened with being thrown off the plane because of their attire. What is wrong with you people? If they had NO attire, I could see a problem. Or if they had a racial slur, okay, that I can see as a basis for hassling a customer. But short of that, be it a four letter word, politically incorrect statement about anyone from Bush to one of the Clinton's, short skirt or scoop necked top - leave these people alone and fly the plane. By saying that an individual cannot fly because someone else is unhappy or dislikes what they have on, how is this different from the days when people refused to sit next to someone simply because of their race.

I would like to see a image of that airplane with the special tail, please?

Hi: I was told by your customer service person to leave a comment here. I was preparing this morning to check in for tomorrow's flight online (Flt. 493 at 8:10a PDT on 10/17). At exactly 8:10a I tried to check in and was told that due to policies, fare rules, etc., that I could not check-in. Certainly not every online-allotted boarding pass for that flight was given out in the first few seconds of availability. I tried several times to no avail. SWA customer service said there was nothing else they could do, they have no access to the internet, they could not put a request in my record, etc. This is unacceptable. They also said I could go to the airport to check in...but the airport is over an hour away. Not much help.

I stopped flying American West/USAir quite awhile back because of their "attitude" after the merger and I have been quite satisified with SWA up until now. I fly SWA fairly frequently and my travel schedule will be significantly increasing in 2008. IBut if this is going to occur regularly, I guess I will have to look toward some other airlines to meet my needs.

Thanks,

Marty McLaughlin
mrm1955@aol.com