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Bill Owen |
| Bill Owen is a Lead Planner in the Schedule Planning Department, which helps formulate Southwest’s strategic plans, determines new cities and new markets, and writes and publishes the schedule of the airline. He’s a real heavyweight in his department. We say that because nobody there weighs more than he does. However, because he realizes he’s overweight and out of shape, he’s considering joining a gym — as soon as he finds one that has his favorite machine, a Kegerator. Bill has been at Southwest Airlines since 1990, and in the Schedule Planning department since 1994. With over 30 years of airline experience, he came to Southwest from a large Legacy airline, where he routinely pulled the wings off butterflies and stuck pins in voodoo dolls of competitors. Growing up in Irving, Texas, some of Bill’s earliest memories are of being taken by his parents to watch the airplanes take off and land over Bachman Lake. He still lives in Irving, having never figured out how to find any local freeway other than Highway 183, with three very spoiled dogs. | |
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An Optimized Halloween |
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Millie,
Well, it's Just Plane Smart to let Schedule Planning help you out! After all, since we got the new Schedule Optimizer, our motto is "Schedule Planning.....we've upped our standards. Now up yours." :)
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Bill
In case you haven’t seen the other blog posts, Halloween isn’t just a big deal here at Southwest Airlines—it’s ginormous! At our Headquarters here in Dallas, various departments plan decorations and practice skits for months...and the competition is always fierce. |
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MORE GROWTH in 2010--DENVER SCORES AGAIN! |
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Good afternoon, everyone! A few reponses to your coments.
Dan Webb — Thu, 10/22/2009 - 09:38 and 10:05--Dan, at this point it looks as if any fleet growth will be minimal. We (I!) are longing for the days of taking 25+ new 737's a year!
tammy — Thu, 10/22/2009 - 14:35--Tammy, sure--the job fair will be on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at the Doubletree Hotel at 3203 Quebec from 7:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m. (or, as we in the airline biz like to say, from 0700 to 1900 :) ). Come join our mission!
And Alex--you're welcome! I've never seen anything like our growth in Denver. Not even LAX during the "Shuttle war" days grew this fast. And I was serious about how stark the difference is inside Concourse C--it's amazing!
Have a wonderful afternoon, you guys!
Bill
See.....didn't I tell you to keep watching for more surprises here on "Nuts About Southwest"? |
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NEWS FLASH--NEW SERVICE COMING NEXT MAY!!! |
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Good Thursday afternoon, everyone!
Thanks for all of the good wishes and support. And to those of you out there that are expressing disappointment that our new city announcement was not Pensacola, guys, please understand this was never a competition between the two. This was not an "either/or" decision. We know enough to understand that the two are distinct, different markets, and we remain interested in Pensacola. However, the combination of a new airport and the alliance with St. Joe led us to believe that it was time in May of 2010 to "do" Panama City.
Hope that explanation eases the disappointment! Keep those comments coming, and thanks!
Bill It's Media Day at Southwest's Galactic Headquarters here in Dallas, and we have a LOT of news to share. 2010's first new city....expansion at a long-time Southwest destination....once again Southwest is getting creative to respond to demand for our service! Categories: Airports Oct 22, 2009 |
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MORE GROWTH in 2010--DENVER SCORES AGAIN! |
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See.....didn't I tell you to keep watching for more surprises here on "Nuts About Southwest"? |
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NEWS FLASH--NEW SERVICE COMING NEXT MAY!!! |
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It's Media Day at Southwest's Galactic Headquarters here in Dallas, and we have a LOT of news to share. 2010's first new city....expansion at a long-time Southwest destination....once again Southwest is getting creative to respond to demand for our service! Categories: Airports Oct 21, 2009 |
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