Nuts About Southwest

It probably doesn’t keep you awake at night, but it is of comfort to me that I am not the only person my age who is a total aviation (and railroad) geek.  You might find several folks of either persuasion, but finding one with both qualities is exceedingly rare.  Fortunately, George Hamlin is such a person.  We are about the same age, and George’s father-n-law worked for an airline.  294 ... read more

So far in these weekly series looking back at Southwest Airline’s history, we have devoted a lot of space to Dallas Love Field.  That’s understandable because our Headquarters is here and this was our original Crew and Maintenance base.  Most of the photos were taken here because of that.  However, we have two other cities—Houston and San Antonio—that complete the “Texas Triangle 86 ... read more

On our internal video newscast this week, we are highlighting our Branded Entertainment program where Southwest features prominently in a television series or in a movie.  Thanks to our Branded Entertainment Team, Southwest is featured prominently in the new movie Going the Distance which opens on September 3.  One of our most successful Branded Entertainment relationships was the A& 218 ... read more

I thought I would “mine” the back issues of Southwest Airlines Magazine one more time because as I was researching last week’s post, I kept running across photos of “unusual people” who were flying our first flights.  I mean unusual in the best possible sense as referring to those folks who are either famous or wearing costumes of some sort.  As you can see from the photos 237 ... read more

I love looking at old magazines.  One of my prized possessions is a complete set of Trains magazine dating back to the first issue in November 1940.  My Coworkers think my obsessions are a bit odd, especially when I made a special request of my Fellow Teammembers who were with me in advance of AirVenture 2010 in Wisconsin.  102 ... read more