Southwest Airlines Community

UCLA is still in and on to San Jose. With Southwest's recent 3/11 schedule changes it should be a lot easier for Ranger fans to go to their division rivals (Angels, A's and Mariners) on Southwest. Last baseball season you still had to use two reservations, two or more planes or ... ... View more

So who gets to fly this very cool run? http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8403/history/20070308/0111Z/KDAL/KDRO ... View more

Yes, It is a very creative way to use unclaimed baggage to ID the baggage claim area. I look forward to Southwest adding more flights (in addition to the recently announced) to/from SMF. ... View more

The next quarterly earnings report is to come out at approx 7:00 AM EDT on April 17, 2007 based on previous practice. But IR needs up to their portion of the site for the 2007 earnings calendar. ... View more

Ok, With 12 of the 13 cities in the NCAA March Madness tornament being in or near Southwest cities. Is it now time to comment on Men's college basketball? ... View more

Wow look at all of the March Madness sites that are or near Southwest cities. BUF, SDF, SMF, RDU, MDW, CMH, MSY, and GEG in the First Round SAT, SJC, PHL, and STL Regional Final four sities SDF for Lexington PHL for E Rutherford. RDU for Winston-Salem ... View more

It's time to bring back to non-stop to Birmingham. The New Orleans team has earned it. Don't let ExpressJet have this without a fight. ... View more

Give back their non-stop to Birmingham. They have earned it. ... View more

To all of you, check back after 2/22 (the date the current systemwide sale expires), and wait for the next sale. Could be some better deals then. ... View more

I pray that you find peace while resolving the issues. Wow, did they fill you in on SFO at your MTTF? Or was only OAK the lucky group. ... View more

Regarding Micah's post on Feb 2nd, state legislatures don't have juristiction in the air. The feds have claimed the air above the states and the United States Supreme Court have upheld this. ... View more

I hope change doesn't catch too many pilots in the window of where the pilots turn 60 before implimation of the change and the actual date of implimation. ... View more

I don't know why I was expecting to see a Southwest spot, my bad, Southwest is an low-cost carrier. ... View more

Since Lamar Muse was such an important part of the airline during the seventies, will there be an "The Lamar Muse" aircraft in the future? ... View more

In response to Greg's 1/29/07's 12:52 pm with regard to Southwest's plans at Dulles, I flew back from Dulles (IAD) on Jan 19th and there was a video presentation on the monitors that described Dulles's plans for the airport. There is to be two additional terminals to be built and two additional runways to be built as well. I see Southwest's plans for Dulles as being more long-term. I also see Southwest picking up a good chunk of the gates at the to-be-built terminals. But Southwest and their executives only know the true answer. But I do see service from IAD to look a lot more like it is from BWI years down the road but again Southwest know the answer the that question too. ... View more

I look forward to the 2/11 program which will be a 2 hour program (that starts one hour earlier than usual), where they will build a house for a 9/11 first responder. Did Southwest get permission (from France and others) to fly the couple to Paris (the couple that combined two households)? ... View more

Maybe they can do that Extreme Makeover of ISP's pad refixing, and when they finish maybe they can do the "Captain, Move that Plane" moment. ... View more

Why is everyone scared to make ground plans ahead of schedule release. When has a release failed to produce the desired results when the release occurs. ... View more

Wow, Is Southwest considering adding Newark because of problems at Long Island? Just finished tracking a pair of flights (one to EWR and the other from EWR) The first was Flight 8602 that left Orlando (MCO) at about 5:20 am CST and landed in Newark at about 7:10 am CST. Then it left Newark as Flight 8008 at about 8:56 AM CST and is about to land in Fort Lauderdale (FLL). Or did someone from Newark charter the whole plane for the Super Bowl and it was sent up for Orlando? ... View more

Matthew, because other blogs are killing this airline it is appropriate for their to be a thread on this subject in response. I sincerely hope that if a organ tranplant patient of size can't afford his second and the flight CLEARLY isn't full that they would find a way to waive procedure since he would be refunded his second seat anyway. Kathy's post is important in explaning how/why Southwest developed the policy. ... View more

Kelley, see Deborah Claybrook's May 11th post regarding great things to keep them occupied. ... View more

Kelley, I think that if every one with a toddler or toddlers exercise their preboarding rights (See Contract of Carriage) then those families with the youngest children will probably graviate to the front of the plane (your kid-friendly zone) by default. However because this great airline has open seating there won't be a guarantee of this. ... View more

We will be coming through Chicago (MDW) on Monday (the 15th) on the way to Dulles (IAD) from Sacramento (SMF). This will be our first trip to see my parents since they moved. The schedule you have for Jan 15th was a great one. A nice 8:15 AM (SMF time) with a tight but not too tight connection with a 3:05 PM (MDW time) flight to IAD. However, I look ahead in the schedule and notice that you changed the 2 SMF-MDW N/S flight departures dramatically after March 9th. The 8:15 flight become a 6 something (too early) and the 11:30ish flight became a 1:00 flight. That makes my 7 and a half hour flight day become a nearly 9 and a half hour flight day for SMF-IAD. Please reinstate the 8:15 as a third SMF-MDW non-stop. Thank you. See you all on Monday. ... View more

The plane that is. ... View more

This photographer thinks that because there is both colors on the engine cover (I know that is a different name for it but I don't know what it is) that will so be repainted in Canyon Blue. Is the photographer right or just a glaring MX boo-boo? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1156263/L/ ... View more

One of our church missionaries know Southwest and Harligen very well. He told he was getting just "B"s. So I gave him some tips about increasing his chances for his "A." ... View more

Here is a link of the photograph of the plane that helped our pilots do such a great job on our Flight 753 back on Dec 8th. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1156478/L/ ... View more

Adi, With regards to which class of 737 you would get on an upcoming flight, Flightaware is a good resource. I have keyed in SWA379 to find out that for Flight 379 usually but no guarantee that it gets a -700. ... View more

I want to thank the pilots of Dec 8th Flight 753 who took very noticeable actions to minimize our bumps on our flight to Sacramento. Actions that included adjusting flight speed and subtle course changes. Flying into the leading edge of Pacific storm will always have bumps. Thanks again guys. ... View more

Today I saw this post of a photo of N271LV (the second 737-700 acquired from Ford) taken Nov 20th in Houston, but I was expecting it to be caught in canyon blue. Is 271 currently working with this color scheme? When will be canyon blue? Or do you have something else in mind? http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/1144656/M/ See you on 1909 on the 4th. ... View more