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Archive for June 2008

OH...IO

By: Ashley Butler ashley butler

Jun 27 2008
I remember the day I first learned The Columbus, Ohio was a great place!  It was my first day of a college internship when my supervisor yelled “O…H…!” on our way to drop off a package at FedEx.  I, of course, asked if the box was too heavy and if he needed me to help carry it.  He looked at me and with as much passion as any loyal Buckeye fan (I now know this) and said “Ashley, if you are from... read more

Winter Is Now For Sale!

By: Bill Owen bowen

Jun 26 2008
Winter is here!   Well, not really—it is 100 degrees in Dallas as we speak—but winter is now available to book at southwest.com, at 1-800-IFLYSWA, and via SABRE and Galileo.  Winter—including Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hannukah, and New Years, is now bookable with America’s Largest Airline—and the only airline where “Fees Don’t Fly!”  As usual, we’ve slipped a few new and interesting things... read more

Boeing Burgers and Beer Birthday Bash

By: Steve Heaser sheaser

Jun 24 2008
For years now, Boeing has thrown us a birthday party. It has been dubbed “BBBBB” for Boeing Burgers and Beer Birthday Bash. As you might expect, there are Burgers, Beer, it is in a hangar so there are Boeings nearby, and it is around Southwest Airlines’ Birthday. There is a Band, but frankly I was hoping for Bingo, Brownies, Baklava, Bacon, Burritos, Brisket, Bourbon, and a little Broccoli (got... read more

Water Balloons Are Good, Right?

By: Bob Hurst bhurst

Jun 24 2008
I grew up in a small town ... REALLY SMALL. There were about 1,600 people. The good thing about small towns is that everyone knows you. That can also be the bad thing! As a small boy, I remember when we still had phones without dials (much less buttons). You simply picked up the receiver and waited for the operator to say, "Number please." But for a long time, the number was just a... read more

HOLIDAY SCHEDULES ARE A-COMIN'!

By: Bill Owen bowen

Jun 23 2008
Maestro! Queue me up some "West Side Story" please, in the key of F: Could it be, yes it could. Something's coming, something good! If I can wait......... Something's coming, I don't know what it is, But it is, gonna be great! Flight schedules for the time period extending from October 31, 2008 all the way to January 9, 2009, have been sent--and will be open for sale... read more

RNP = Reduced Emissions

By: David "Fig" Newton dnewton

Jun 19 2008
Want to go Green? No, I’m not talking about leprechauns and four-leaf clovers. This is about being environmentally friendly. Today Southwest Airlines announced plans to tackle emissions reductions by employing a gee-whiz navigation technology called RNP (Required Navigation Performance). RNP, which leverages the accuracy of GPS to create accurate and efficient flight paths, is part of the FAA... read more

Elvis, Nixon, and Wendell--Podcast

By: Steve Heaser sheaser

Jun 18 2008
How are Elvis Presley, Richard M. Nixon, and local artist Wendell Rankin connected? TCB. TCB, which stands for Takin’ Care of Business, was a widely used term in the 1960s and ‘70s by African Americans. Most Americans probably first heard the letters in Aretha Franklin’s version of her huge hit Respect. At one point she ad-libs “R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Take care…TCB” People often wonder what she is... read more

Mile-High Entertainment

By: Chris Mainz cmainz

Jun 17 2008
Have you ever attended a concert at 30,000 feet?  Don’t feel bad, most people haven’t.  But that is exactly what Southwest Airlines Customers experienced on a recent flight from Denver to Chicago Midway to Nashville and finally to New Orleans.  For the past two and a half years, Southwest Airlines has been the official airline sponsor of Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre located just outside of... read more

Write Your Own Caption Is Back--Kind of

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Jun 13 2008
One of our favorite posts in the past has been our Write Your Own Caption series.  With this post, we want to do something similar but a bit different.  This wonderfully evocative photo was graciously sent to us by Alicia Shaffer.   The photo of her son, Campbell, was taken by his father, Demetrious.  Given the subject, please share with us your favorite travel story from when you were a child... read more

Father's Day 2008

By: Paula Berg pberg

Jun 13 2008
Last Father’s Day, USA Today published an article  equating CEOs to father-figures for their Employees.  Though I had never made the connection before, I remember tearing up in the car on the way to work that day thinking about it.      My own father is in his tenth year with Alzheimer’s.  After living out-of-state for 14 years, I moved into my parent’s house about six months ago to... read more