It's become a tradition for the various departments within Southwest Airlines' Headquarters in Dallas to host a Thanksgiving Feast the week before the actual Thanksgiving.  Why?

I always imagined myself leaping into the corporate world with my shiny new college degree in tow, while climbing the proverbial ladder and becoming someone amazing. I hadn’t quite decided on an industry, where the ladder was, or how high it reached, but I knew I’d climb somewhere pretty high.

Happy Halloween!! 

Since it's still early in the day, we don't have any Halloween skits ready to post (we will get them up soon)!  But, never fear, the YouTube vault is here!  Here's a skit the Marketing Department performed two years ago.  They are the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas...it's really a beautiful performance!

Dave Ridley, our Senior Vice President Marketing and Revenue Management, recapped the changes we have seen over the past year, including the new boarding procedures, Business Select, and the Extreme Gate Makover.  He made the point that we have always been an airline for business travelers by showing some of our commericals from the 1980s.  The results have been encouraging in terms of traffic a

Southwest Airlines has a remarkably low turnover rate – just around  four  percent, in fact.  Nevertheless, every once in a while I receive a “farewell” e-mail from a Fellow Employee who is either retiring, moving away, leaving the company to pursue an old dream or to take on a new adventure.