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The Day the World Changed
By: Brian Lusk 
May 16 2012
Sixty years ago on May 2, 1952, the world changed forever. On that date, the jet age began as British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) made the first commercial jet flight with the de Havilland Comet 1 from London Heathrow to Johannesburg, South Africa. The new jet had a limited range so it made en route stops at Rome, Beirut, and Khartoum. Nevertheless, it averaged 525 miles... read more
A Little Something Extra
By: Allison Osborne 
May 17 2012
What special treatment do you receive at your job for working a holiday? A few extra bucks? No doubt, that’s always nice. Maybe some glazed donuts and coffee in your break room? Wonderful…that contributed well to my workout regimen. It’s pretty much business as usual, right?Being in the operational and Customer Service industry, Southwest Employees, like many other Companies, have to spend part... read more
We Get Ship Done!
By: Matt Buckley 
May 17 2012
I may be the most spoiled Cargo guy in the airline industry. And I mean that in a good way. As Vice President Cargo and Charters for Southwest Airlines, each day I’m amazed by the efficient and Relentlessly Reliable® service our Employees across the SWA system provide our Customers, and once again, their dedication to excellence is recognized for awards because of that. This... read more
Flashback Fridays: Southwest Swag and Other Promotions from the Swinging Seventies
By: Brian Lusk
May 18 2012
As mentioned in previous Flashback Fridays, Southwest utilized a lot of different promotional tie-ins in our earliest days. We were desperate to get publicity but had a very limited budget, so we were always looking for promotional partners to “get the word out.” Sometimes, as we saw last week, it involved local television stations, but more often it involved local businesses in... read more
Wanna Get FAR Away? We're Working to Make it Happen
May 09 2012
On March 13, 2006, I joined AirTran Airways as an analyst in the Network Planning
Department, or to be more specific, I joined AirTran Airways as the only
analyst in a Network Planning Department that consisted of three people.
We described our staffing as “lean” (of course, at times it felt more like
“anorexic” would be a better description), but for a self-described airline
nerd such as... read more
Flashback Fridays: Do You Know the Count and the Amount?
By: Brian Lusk
May 11 2012
Before the satellite era, local television stations offered viewers a large selection of daytime programs. Some of these programs became a part of national franchises like Bozo the Clown. This show began in Chicago, but you could find a local Bozo in a lot of different markets. Other local programming included dance shows (American Bandstand began as a local Philadelphia show),... read more
Flashback Fridays: Forgotten Corners of Southwest's History
By: Brian Lusk
May 04 2012
As promised, I am sharing more photos of the recent “find” that I “unearthed.” Actually, I opened a drawer and looked in a file, but the sense of discovery is the same. I hope these photos will be reminders of some forgotten corners of our history.
First, let’s start with a Flight Attendant (actually, at the time, a Hostess) uniform of which many of you are probably unaware.... read more
Storm’s Aftermath Produces Servants’ Hearts
By: Julie Meador 
May 03 2012
Southwest
Airlines Employees are renowned for having Servants’ Hearts, but never have I
seen this more evident than last month. Less than 48
hours after tornadoes ripped through Royse City, Texas, a “band of brothers”
from Dallas Maintenance (DMX) came together to help one of their own.
On April 3, SWA DMX Employee John Wenck’s home was destroyed by one of the many
tornadoes that... read more
Receiving the -800 With LUV
By: Ally Harrington 
May 02 2012
It's
a big deal when you get something new. A new haircut, a new car, all milestones. But WOW, we got a
brand new plane! In my short fifteen years with the Company, I've seen
some changes over the years, but this change is something special. This
red belly plane is a little different from the norm (and a lot different in size). When I
first saw it pulling in, I was so proud.... read more
Flashback Fridays: A First and Other Early Goodies
By: Brian Lusk
Apr 27 2012
The best part of my job is opening a box of photographs or negatives and finding images that haven’t seen the light of day for decades. Late last week, I found a box full of some great scenes that I can’t wait to share with you in this and future editions of Flashback Fridays.
Above we see the start of a treasured Southwest tradition and a key annual Culture event, and I wish I had... read more
