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Oshkosh Countdown--Salute to Veterans

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Jul 23 2010
After blogging about our participation in the 2010 Air Venture in Oshkosh, we took a look at the vintage airliners that will be at this year’s show.  With this update, let’s turn our attention to military aviation : This year's Air Venture theme is Salute to Veterans, and that salute is taking place both on the ground and in the air.  Actor Gary Sinise and his Lieutenant Dan Band will perform... read more

Southwest Airlines One Report: Our Planet

By: Elaine Karnes ekarnes

Jul 23 2010
Reporting on Southwest Airlines’ environmental efforts has been a work in progress.  That work began with our first venture into public environmental reporting--our Southwest Airlines Environmental Stewardship Report published in 2007.  We improved on that effort in 2008 with our Southwest Cares Report in which we began to showcase our sustainability efforts from an environmental standpoint, as... read more

Flashback Fridays--Southwest Airlines Tiniest Airport

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Jul 23 2010
In our 39-year history, there are only two airports from which Southwest Airlines has withdrawn service and never returned.  One of those, Detroit City Airport, is an airport that we looked at a few weeks ago.  While we don’t currently serve Houston George Bush Intercontinental, we did return once before for a second stay.  And, yes, I know we dropped Denver Stapleton, but in the meantime, it... read more

Lánzate and Southwest Airlines

By: Olga Romero oromero

Jul 22 2010
Lánzate: the bridge to success Today we announced the winners of our Lánzate Travel Awards to deserving Hispanic students to help them continue their higher education.  These students are selected with the help of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and a group of judges, comprised of college professors and professionals from around the country.  For some of these students,... read more

Way To Go, Southwest Airlines

By: Michael Broadhead mbroadhead

Jul 22 2010
This post comes to us from PHX Flight Attendant Michael Broadhead, who experienced something on a recent trip that he felt compelled to share. Recently, after completing the boarding of a full flight of 137 passengers out of Sacramento to San Diego, our Operations Agent (who is responsible for scanning all boarding passes and calculating cargo, luggage, and all weight and balance aspects of... read more

When Rachael Met Roy

By: Steve Heaser sheaser

Jul 21 2010
This week’s episode of Red Belly Radio is about two people flying from Chicago to Nashville. They were not traveling together, nor did they know each other. Roy Harris, a Southwest Airlines Customer would meet Rachael Jacobs, a Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant. A typical introduction between two people might go something like “Rachael this is Roy, Roy, this is Rachael.” Well their... read more

When Rachael Met Roy

By: Steve Heaser sheaser

Jul 21 2010
This week’s episode of Red Belly Radio is about two people flying from Chicago to Nashville. They were not traveling together, nor did they know each other. Roy Harris, a Southwest Airlines Customer would meet Rachel Jacobs, a Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant. Their introduction was anything but typical.  read more

Going Green: Hop on the Urban Gardening Bandwagon

By: Laurel Moffat lmoffat

Jul 21 2010
Thanks for all of the great comments about the Going Green series of posts, but more exciting, thanks for the great tips you’ve posted on how you live and work Green.  There were a lot to choose from, but with gardening in full swing during the summer months, Janet from Omaha had a great reminder about composting. COMPOST whatever you can.  Don't want to compost or don't have a place?  Bury... read more

Oshkosh Countdown--An Inside Look at Air Venture Air Traffic Control

By: Bob Everson beverson

Jul 20 2010
As you may have read in some other posts, over 10,000 aircraft visit each annual Air Venture in Oshkosh.  How do they all get there?  We asked Bob Everson, our Manager of ATC Systems for some personal insight. Let's take a look at the Air Venture gathering in Oshkosh from an  ATC (air traffic control) perspective as air traffic controllers representing several air traffic control towers... read more

An Inside Look at Change: San Jose Style

By: Matt Barbas mbarbas

Jul 19 2010
To illustrate his post, Matt sent us some pictures of the new San Jose terminal and of his Coworkers.   At Southwest Airlines, the Company Culture can be a little different than most companies.  Sometimes it can seem odd, weird, different, or strange to Company outsiders but those of us who are privileged to work for such a great Company it happens everyday.  Southwest Airlines trusts... read more