Nuts About Southwest

Some of my coworkers and I traveled to Orlando last Thursday to attend what Southwest Airlines calls the "Message to the Field." Each year, our CEO Gary Kelly travels across the country delivering his "State of the Company" address to Employees at Message to the Field events in numerous cities. Herb started these years ago, and the tradition has held. 1161 ... read more

In honor of the opening of baseball season this week, I’ve chosen Brian’s nod to Southwest’s connection with “America’s pastime” as this edition of the Best of Flashback Fridays.   336 ... read more

For the next several weeks we’ll be publishing what we consider to be the “Best of” Brian’s Flashback Friday posts.  The first one that we’ve selected reflects a subject and practice of Southwest Airlines that still elicits respect and awe from airline insiders and the traveling public alike.  Hope you enjoy this remarkable “Quick-turn” rerun. 724 ... read more

Featured Picture:  fbf_120106-intro-1.jpg The most exciting part about my job is opening a drawer or a file and finding gems ... read more

Featured Picture:  fbf_111223-1.jpg Blame (or credit) this post on Bill Murray and Scrooged.  I was looking for some photos ... read more