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Meteorology Monday: July 16 - July 22

By: Meghan Henschen mhenschen

Jul 16 2012
A stormy week is ahead for much of the country as we move through the middle part of the summer season.  Scattered thunderstorms are likely across the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic as a result of a cold front dropping down from Canada.  Typical afternoon scattered thunderstorms are expected in the Southeast and Florida throughout the week.  Meanwhile, the southern part of... read more

SWA Stew: Episode 53

By: Brooks Thomas bthomas

Jul 13 2012
This week, we're talking about defending the sea in the shape of a shark, Liberty the 21-year-old male bald eagle, our new AUS - DCA service, booking travel through early February only on southwest.com, and a cameo from SeaWorld's Pete & Penny Penguin!  read more

Going Green: Happy Spring Showers!

By: Marilee McInnis minnis

Mar 20 2012
Hard to believe it’s the first day of spring with such dreary rain here in Dallas!  These April (well, March) showers are sure to make for beautiful May flowers.  With so much rain recently, it brings to mind rain harvesting and how we can repurpose this “natural” water to keep our water usage and water bills down—something especially important in drought-prone areas.  Rain... read more

Spring Fever in Milwaukee

By: Patty Herbeck pherbeck

Feb 27 2012
Growing up in southern Wisconsin, spring was definitely my favorite season.  It meant that the snow was finally melted, the robins returned from the south and it was time for baseball!  As a kid, the Milwaukee Brewers were always on the TV or radio at our house.The best part about being a Brewers fan as a kid was going to a game at County Stadium each summer.  My dad would pack up... read more

Going Green: Love The Planet!

By: Marilee McInnis minnis

Feb 14 2012
Happy Green Tuesday!  Love is definitely in the air, especially at the LUV airline.  I love how we “own the holidays,” especially this one, and I love the traditional celebration we undertake each year – Heroes of the Heart.  The winners this year are very near and dear to my heart, but I won’t give it away in case it hasn’t been officially announced!  This Valentine’s Day,... read more

Flash Forward—Part Three: The Continued Progress of our First 737-800

By: Brian Lusk blusk

Feb 10 2012
If you have ever made a model airplane, you know the process involves making various subassemblies, then gluing them together to make an airplane.  As these photos show, the process of making a real airplane is very similar. In our last batch of photos, the fuselage had moved inside the assembly building to the fuselage make-ready station.  With this group of photos, the fuselage has... read more

Abraham's Drawings

By: Brooks Thomas bthomas

Dec 14 2011
On a daily basis, we get great stories from Employees and Customers all about what's going on around our system. I take pride in all of the content that gets published on Nuts, and the great team we have. Truly, without a great Culture embraced by great Employees, Nuts About Southwest wouldn't be very interesting at all. The following story originally appeared on Jay Baer's Convince and... read more

Going Green: Stop the Waste!

By: Marilee McInnis minnis

Aug 30 2011
Happy Green Tuesday!  As I have been walking past the printers here at HDQ, I’ve noticed a lot of printed sheets sitting in trays, much of it forgotten.  Did you know that according to the Environmental Protection Agency, each employee in a typical business office generates 1.5 pounds of waste paper per day?  That is a lot of paper!! There are several ways to cut down on how much... read more

Golf Bags Fly Free, Too!

By: Simon Fletcher sfletcher

Aug 26 2011
Many folks know that Bags Fly Free on Southwest Airlines, however what you might not know is that this includes golf bags.  With the PGA Tour Playoffs (The Barclays in Edison, NJ) kicking off this weekend, just a pitching wedge away from EWR, we felt it was only fitting to let New Yorkers know that Southwest Airlines is the best way to their favorite golf getaway.  Whether it’s one of... read more

2010 One Report: People—Our Greatest Strength

By: Jeff Lamb jlamb

Aug 25 2011
This is the fifth in a series of posts about our just-released integrated annual report, the 2010 Southwest Airlines One Report™, where we have illustrated our commitment to a triple bottomline and how our passion and focus on Performance, People, and Planet continues to propel us forward.The business of business is People.  Southwest’s founder, Herb Kelleher, is famous for saying many... read more