In honor of the 2010 Winter Olympics, a HOU-based Flight Attendant shares her tie to the games.

My name is Dina Aitkin, and I have been a Houston-based Flight Attendant since November 2000.  Today I am so proud to introduce my nephew, Jordan Malone, to the Southwest Family (and blogosphere)!  Jordan, along with Apolo Ohno, Simon Cho, J.R.

I would bet most people measure the passing of a year using January to December -  culminating in New Year's Eve.  For Flight Attendants, our year is measured from the date of our last Recurrent Training to our next year's Recurrent Training. This date is emotionally significant since our expertise as a Flight Attendant is measured and we get to keep our job.   

I’ve always thought our Southwest Flight Attendants were undercover superheroes, and after chatting with Christie Volkmer of The Amazing Race, I’ve realized it’s true—she is truly one tough cookie.

We've all had those days when we've woken up on the wrong side of the bed, had an extra helping of grumpy for breakfast, and then stubbed our toe on the way out the door.

Forget Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Miley Cyrus, or whoever else Barbara Walters selected as "The Ten Most Fascinating People of 2008." My personal pick would have to be Ms. Mary Creason, a Senior Customer Relations Telephone Rep here at SWA Headquarters in Dallas.