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08-31-2007
12:56 PM
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Fred,
I think you misunderstood the article. First off, families who have A boarding passes board with the A boarding group. Then in our tests, the rest of the families can board between the A and B boarding groups. At this point in the boarding process, there are usually still many seats togethers for families, and it allows them some time to settle in.
Brian
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08-31-2007
12:03 PM
23 Loves
Kim,
You can't have it both ways. I can't resemble Brad Pitt in one comment, then Yoda in the next.
After all, lightsaber do I write.
Wise as Yoda
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08-31-2007
12:01 PM
3 Loves
Don't tell me that you remember "You Light Up My Life?"
Signed,
sorry that he is old enough to know what you are talking about
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08-31-2007
11:59 AM
21 Loves
Gee Kim,
You have it all wrong, Brad looks like ME, not the other way around. While I didn't have any surgery, I have grown a beard--don't know yet if I will keep it.
Blog Boy
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08-30-2007
03:26 PM
557 Loves
This is kind of a preview of tomorrow's post, but click here to see how Southwest Airlines assisted the transport of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber to NASA in Houston.
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08-29-2007
07:17 PM
3 Loves
If I am going to be driving somewhere away from my final flying destination, I always throw a good Road Atlas in my bag. The rental car company maps are okay ,but they don't show a lot of detail like a good atlas does. And an atlas is so flat that it doesn't take up any room in a suitcase.
Blog Boy
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08-29-2007
01:23 PM
3 Loves
Leah,
Please don't stop blogging just because I have been sated with candy corn. I look forward to reading your comments every day!
Blog Boy
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08-28-2007
01:24 PM
4 Loves
Yeah Joe,
Finding my comment in the spam queue was like coming home from school and finding that your parents had moved and not told you. Please tell Leah that I am fine candy corn-wise.
Blog Boy
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08-28-2007
01:58 AM
3 Loves
Sorry Joe
Some legit comments got sent to tghe spam queue today. I found one of mine over there and another disappeared into cyberspace
Blog Boy
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08-28-2007
01:51 AM
2 Loves
Ding! Boy
With most airlines that may have been true but like SWA, PSA didnt interline and served on on point to point route system. Also like SWA PSA was just beginning to fly out of state in 1979. Bottomline PSA didnt have any connecting traffic out of OAK. The airport was very different then with only ten or so gates total.
Blog Boy
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08-27-2007
10:16 PM
2 Loves
Hey Bill,
I got to thinking about the 1979 OAK/LAX numbers and they seem awfully light. I worked in OAK at the time, and my airline's operations office was right next to PSAs gates. They filled up 727s to LAX on a daily basis. I know they boarded more than seven people a day?
Brian
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08-27-2007
08:12 PM
2 Loves
Mr. Bard,
I am sorry that Southwest is not your airline of choice. One thing most folks forget is that assigned seating is no guarantee of avoiding a center seat or of being able to sit together. In June, I flew US Airways from Dallas/Ft. Worth to Phladelphia as a fullfare passenger. Even though I booked a week ahead of time, the only seats available were center seats.
Brian
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08-27-2007
07:22 PM
6 Loves
Bill,
As a fellow airline geek, I found your post fascinating. One of the carriers flying between SFO and LAX was Pan Am. They had a 747 that ran some of the days of the week from SFO to LAX before continuing to South America. They sold their fares for an amazing $14 (or maybe it was $19) one way. It was quite a contrast with the local SFO/LAX bargain fare travelers mixing with people paying thousands to fly to South America.
Brian
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08-27-2007
04:34 PM
15 Loves
Just a quick followup--I returned to work today (Monday 8/27)
Formerly Clot Boy
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08-24-2007
04:22 AM
3 Loves
Wow (again)! I am reminded of the inscription that Clarence wrotein the book he gave George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life": "A man who.has friends is a wealthy man."
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08-21-2007
06:21 PM
4 Loves
Hey everyone
Thanks for all your thoughts and encouragement. But geez, the last thing I need is more nicknames
Clot Boy
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08-20-2007
10:06 AM
513 Loves
This is a first--a blog post written from a hospital bed. Seems that somewhere along the way, I picked up some blood clots in my leg and lungs. So here I sit poked, prodded, and tested morning, afternoon, and night until my blood gets thinned to the proper vampirian consistency.
In the meantime, I've been reading e-mails from my friends at work. Thankfully, I can remain connected via crackberry. At times like this, I am so grateful to be part of the Southwest Airlines Family. Hopefully, I will be out of here soon, and I thank Angela Vargo and Paula Berg for moderating the blog in my absence
Update: I got to go home on Friday (August 17) but the docs want me to take a week off.
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08-13-2007
04:43 PM
5 Loves
Paul T.
I will pass on your request for a preview button to the folks who take care of the technical side of the blog.
We know this past weekend was a real mess for our BWI Customers. Our Proactive Customer Service Department is in the process of writing to many of the Customers who were on these flights.
Brian
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08-10-2007
09:44 PM
5 Loves
Congratulations Ding! boy, you are getting closer to being an Internal Blogger! I know it's nerve-wracking waiting to climb out of the pool. I can remember when I was waiting for the final call to start in Reservations.
Blog Boy
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Okay, Jill,
You asked for it!
A guide was showing a Texan Niagra Falls
Guide: "I'll bet you don't have anything like that in Texas."
Texan: "Nope, I reckon we don't, but we got plumbers that could fix it."
Blog Boy
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08-10-2007
06:55 PM
5 Loves
Again, Shelley is being much too modest. I know that she lived and breathed this Share the Spirit campaign for months. She will never admit it, but her hard work and Servant's Heart was instrumental in its success. You go SL!
Brian
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08-10-2007
08:59 AM
326 Loves
We recently heard from the publisher of an online publication called Diversity Business, and in the publication, he recounted an example of Teamwork at Southwest Airlines. If you would like to read the article, click here.
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08-07-2007
06:59 PM
4 Loves
Betty
according to southwest.com our international number is 001-800-435-9292.
Brian
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08-03-2007
09:20 PM
2 Loves
I think you're right Joe. It's a former "lead sled" from United.
Blog Boy
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Raphael,
I'm not sure of the original NYSE stock price, but I bet Edna can find out. In 1977, Southwest finished the year with ten aircraft, 892 Employees, and we carried just under 2.4 million Customers. We also opened five new cities that year, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, El Paso, and Austin.
Nostalgic Blog Boy
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08-03-2007
01:12 PM
2 Loves
Leah,
The second photo is of a DC-8 and Continental never flew them. I can't be for sure, but it may be an ex-Hawaiian aircraft.
Blog Boy
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Dennis,
thanks for sharing your observations about our Employees. Like you, I grew up as an airline brat during the same timeperiod.
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08-02-2007
04:50 PM
2 Loves
Bill,
I especially like the Aviation Warehouse folder, and I used to pass by the California Airframe warehouses when I worked at Oakland with Delta.
Brian
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08-01-2007
08:32 AM
318 Loves
Hey everyone, I know you are tired of seeing my name, but don't worry, we have some great new posts on the way--so humor me in the meantime. I found this great site by photographer Troy Pavia that features nightime shots of an airliner graveyard. These facilities are sad, but fascinating, and I can imagine the stories these hulks of metal could tell. In fact, I can tell some stories about some of these aircraft on the site, like the Delta TriStars and 727s that were brand new when I started my aviation career. The bottom photo is of one of Southwest Airline's former 737-200s. Click here to see visit the site.
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Ding! Boy,
Just remember
SUBSTITUTES CAN DO
MORE HARM
THAN CITY FELLERS
ON A FARM
Burma Shave
Blog Boy
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