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Flashback Fridays: Another Road not Followed

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Jun 03 2011
If you look at all the twists of fate involved with Southwest’s beginnings, it’s amazing Southwest got off the ground, much less lasted 40 years.  I’ve always been amazed that just the right person for just the right situation seems to come along with amazing prescience.  Then just this morning, I was looking for references on something completely different, when a generally unknown... read more

Stories from the System: A Family Far From Home

By: Whitney Bartels wbartels

Jun 02 2011
We hear it all the time: it’s the People who make Southwest Airlines unique.  Through Customer Service, Charitable Giving, and the everyday tasks of running an airline, the People of Southwest have an infinite number of opportunities to positively impact another person.  But, perhaps one of our most distinguished qualities is not only our passion for serving our Customers, but our... read more

40 Years in 40 Days: Class of 1987

By: Kelly Blankenburg kblankenburg

Jun 02 2011
My Inflight career began at Southwest Airlines in 1987. Being from Knoxville, TN, I had never heard of Southwest.  I discovered the Company while researching airlines that had never furloughed their employees and were profitable. After an interview in Nashville, I took my first flight on Southwest, heading to Dallas for my physical. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly. I knew I had landed... read more

Rain, Rain, Stay Away!

By: Jane McAtee jmcatee

Jun 02 2011
For the second consecutive year, artists from the Larimer Arts Association and the Denver Chalk Art Festival invaded Denver International Airport with chalk in hand! More than 15 artists from Larimer Arts Association and the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design created a colorful masterpiece of chalk art on the Southwest Airlines ramp area. The artists (with a little help from our Ramp... read more

#1971 Photo Contest

By: Alice Wilson awilson

Jun 01 2011
Southwest is gearing up for its 40th Birthday, and we want our Customers to join in on the FUN! So starting today, and continuing through June 3, Customers can participate in our 1971 photo contest to become one of four lucky winners to receive a trip for each winner and a guest to come to Dallas and help celebrate Southwest’s 40th Birthday!  Not only will these four winners receive 2... read more

From Inside the Eye

By: Kari Kennedy kkennedy

Jun 01 2011
“Are you crazy?!”  I get that a lot when people find out that I used to fly into hurricanes as a meteorologist and loadmaster.  I’m an adrenaline junkie, so maybe it’s not so much being crazy as it is enjoying the ride and the spectacular show that Mother Nature can display.  Years ago, an Air Force recruiter decided that I would end up in the weather field for my career,... read more

40 Years in 40 Days: Class of 1988

By: Sherry Wilson swilson

Jun 01 2011
Working at Southwest for the last 23 years has been a roller coaster ride.  Fun and thrills every bit of the way.  Many the roads I have traveled, the friends I have made. I worked for Muse Air and American Airlines prior to my hire date of June 27, 1988 with Southwest Airlines.  In 1988, Southwest served 29 airports in 27 cities.  That year, Southwest and SeaWorld of Texas... read more