Nuts About Southwest

I forget if it was Mike Myers, Austin Powers, or Dr. Evil that famously said “Allow myself to introduce...myself.” in his (their) first movie. Red Belly Radio is the podcast about Southwest Airlines and in this first episode, I review my career at Southwest and interview Paula Berg who helped manage this new blog project and talk to Chris Ronan from RD2 who helped make it all happen. 341 ... read more

Featured Picture:  thanks.png Sometimes being the CEO of an organization is inspiring and rewarding, but sometimes you find yourself ... read more

The December 2010 issue of D CEO Magazine reports that Southwest Airlines' Gary Kelly was named Dallas-Fort Worth's CEO of the Year by respondents to the SMU Cox School's 2010 CEO Sentiment Survey. This is the second straight year that respondents to the annual Cox survey have given Kelly that honor. 124 ... read more

A press release was issued today announcing that Southwest Airlines has submitted a proposal to acquire Frontier Airlines, which will be sold at auction in bankruptcy court this month.  The following memo was sent to all Southwest Airlines Employees from our CEO, 77 Vote ... read more

Did you know that our current CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board Gary Kelly shares the same birthday as our co-founder and Chairman Emeritus Herb Kelleher?  That’s right…March 12!  Happy Birthday, guys!  Here are a few other things you may not know about Gary Kelly:   53 ... read more