Imagine going to a Company event and walking out with the experience of a lifetime.

That’s what happened to six lucky SWA Employees who won the grand prizes at our 2009 Messages to the Field--a trip for them and a guest to visit the Boeing factory in Seattle and accept delivery of a brand new SWA airplane!

38 years ago this month Southwest took its first aircraft off the line from The Boeing Company. See one of the newest aircraft as it is unveiled at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Also, on June 6, 1994, Southwest began service to three great cities: Seattle, Spokane, and Portland!

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Interview with Captain Chuck Magill, Vice President of Flight Operations about why we only fly 737s, and with Herb, our Founder and Chairman Emeritus who explains why we went with the Boeing back in 1971. Give it a listen.

This episode of Red Belly Radio is about why Southwest Airlines operates only one type of aircraft, the Boeing 737. The simple answer is because it is reliable.

As I have mentioned on this podcast, I recorded Red Belly Radio for about a year only for the Employees of Southwest Airlines before we made it public. From time to time, I will be diving back into the archives to play an interview. This episode features an interview with Bill Morton from our Maintenance department who keeps track of all the tail numbers of our aircraft.