It would all depend on how it's priced. Are we talking grocery store, 7-Eleven or inflated airport concessions levels? More than likely, I will continue to bring my own food and use my drink coupons. : )

Will this require installing galleys on your planes? I would welcome food being sold on Southwest, but I'd be disappointed if fares increase despite charging for food due to the costs of retrofitting planes. Now that some flights are relatively long, it would be nice to be able to buy meals onboard.

I say "go for it!" I would love the choice to purchase something on a long haul.

southwest, there is a reason why people fly your airline! one of those reasons is because of the free snack boxes, peanuts, and drinks. this will not do well. do not become another lousy airline like american or delta who makes people pay $5 just for a small bag of chips, you guys are better than that. i love your airline, i wanna work for it when im older so lets not ruin that.

Hi Southwest!

My family and I have been with you for years and we pride ourselves on the fact that you do not have hidden costs or frivilous cost. Seriously, I would prefer if you just made the bottom line a little bit higher than to give me miscellaneous charges. I am committed to you as a customer because of this fact. I believe that you are being targetted because you are the last company to not fold in, don't fold, you will lose the loyalty of your customer base, I mean why stick with Southwest if your just like the rest?

Don't do it, don't do it...as my friends and I often discuss the ridiculous state of traveling, I have REFUSED to fly the other airlines, boycotting this foolishness. Although, I was primarily a Southwest customer, I would go for the cheapest rate, now I just go directly to Southwest unless you are not going into my area and I am trying to get my friends onboard. I believe the majority of your customers respect that about you and you are the only airline that I know of that has committed to your customer base this way. I mean, we wouldn't know the difference and I would simply prefer if it were added into my bill, w/o telling me-you don't need to post it on my bill then people will complain; don't do it southwest, don't do it and why? why? why? advertise it on the news, without our feedback, at least advertise that you want to hear our thoughts on tv as opposed to saying it is going to happen. I hope you don't do it...Love you guys! I know times are hard, but I believe you will survive.
H. Fisher

I don't see how you can be profitable selling food on flights less than 90 minutes since most people can easily eat before or after the flight at the airport. Plus the flight attendents really don't have time to prep it, server it, and clean up. On flights longer than 90 minutes, I can see this being successful. Most airlines have food I wouldn't give to my dog, it tastes so bad. Now if Southwest could partner with a national food chain and sell their food onboard, I can see this being a hit!

Speed, how do you remember the Flying Nosh? I still have a few of the red nylon drawstring bags that held the cheese and delicious soft roll that NY Air served. I was the 3rd person hired way back in 1980 to help get those MD-80s off the ground! Nice to hear from someone else who remembers. If the food SWA serves is as quality as the other services we offer, it's a terrific idea!

I may be too conservative but with 103.8 million bags of peanuts and an average aircraft trip length of 626 miles with an average duration of 1 hour and 52 minutes (The shortest daily Southwest flight is between Ft. Myers (RSW) and Orlando (MCO) (133 miles). The longest daily Southwest flight is between Baltimore (BWI) and San Diego (SAN) (2,295 miles).) I would think you would get a few people to buy some of these. On the other hand, I would rather buy a sandwich at the Quiznos in the terminal and take it on with me. Since I know exactly what I'm getting and how much it will cost before I get on the plane.

As Kumar said, "Will this require installing galleys on your planes? " In the current environment I can't see the extra expense, whatever that is, verses the economic gain.

It seems a very tough decision when you have peanuts (fares for peanuts) that probably never go bad and then you introduce meals that you probably end up throwing away or don't have enough for the passenger demand at other times. You might endanger the customer service experience with either choice but people know what to expect from Southwest and should be able to plan ahead and "be prepared."

Good luck with the decision and if the crews don't have time to get food when they're on the ground I'm all for having sandwiches on board but you might end up with overweight crews cleaning up the leftovers (added weight = added cost.)

- Arvin

personally, I think people are used to either bring food from home or from airport concessions. Look at Midway Airport as an example; I actually look forward to getting some type of 'take onboard' food their as the quality and price are reasonable. Same with Love Field, St. Louis and Baltimore.

You service right now is WELL above other carrier standards/practices in seat pitch, inflight service (which is just beyond scope of any other airline), and your generous baggage and booking/rebooking policies.

Just keep it simple (internet is simple if card swipe and doesn't preoccupy the flight attendants who already work their buns off). Also, I would be concerned that you'd start increasing your ground times for catering ... I fly from Love Field to the west coast on one stops BECAUSE you normally have 25/30 minute stops at intermediate points. I'd hate to see you start compromising your quick turns for a service few passengers would participate in.

Love you guys and glad you're looking outside the 'box', but you have a pretty good thing going on NOW, so don't tinker with a good thing.

I fly Southwest religiously! I'm flying you guys tomorrow actually! R/T from ISP to MCO, then again in May, Oct, and Nov! (May will be a free R/T thanks to the awesome Rapid Rewards!)

I don't really think that we need to get food service that is above and beyond the snack packs or the simple bags of peanuts or crackers. I think everyone that typically flies SWA would mostly agree.. I, as well as many people I see getting on various flights, pick up something in the airport and head to my plane. I get what food I want, it's either hot or cold, however I want it.

SWA is known for being simple. Don't complicate things.... Food means extra costs for all passengers, I don't think adding the food service will make someone switch to SWA, I think it may eliminate some passengers due to increased costs. Since I love SWA, I fly with you guys even if you are a few bucks more expensive than JetBlue (I've only seen this 2 times!) But increased prices may bring people to reconsider JetBlue, especially considering the amenities in their aircrafts.

Then you always have more complaints when you provide more services. You say your selling food, but then people complain because that's what people do.... Maybe you might run out of something....COMPLAINT! Maybe your equipment isn't functioning correctly....COMPLAINT! and many more!!

Keep SWA the way it is!