Southwest Airlines Community

 What do you have to say now??  Its clear sw is only concerned with its profits-greed rules this ever increasing disheartening earth we live on.  Wonder if Boeing ceos put their family on one?  ... View more

@binarystars wrote: I have no idea what the motivations of the SW piolts are.  They could be touting the company line--imagine what SW would do if their PIOLTS actually voiced real concerns.  By the way, American Airlines in-flight crews (not pilots) have expressed their desire to have AA ground these planes through their union.    I imagine the same thing would happen to Southwest pilots as happened to those AA flight crews that asked AA to ground planes -- absolutely nothing. ... View more

Southwest-Stories/Service-Animal-Policy-Changes-Effective-September-17/ba-p/78566 Guidelines released by the Southwest Airlines relating to ESA need a slight modification. Obviously, a patient who loves a rabbit would have nothing to do with a dog or cat. Nor they could provide any mental solace as the patient has no interest in them. The right way is, whether a patient requires the company of cat, dog or rabbit should be left to the doctor. Prominent mental health specialists Steady Care Medical Clinic have recommended my grand aunt to keep an ES rabbit and that does not mean should never board a plane with the ESA.  ... View more

 I wonder now ---re reading all of the responses to the original post if SWA should pretty much just ban food altogether on a flight  🙂    what is the policy IF a fellow passenger on the flight DID (without knowledge of someone with a peanut allergy on the plane) bring a peanut containing food item?    Is it the normal SWA protocol to pretty much publicly announce on flights that a person has peanut allergies after everyone has boarded--- and confiscate peanut containing items from fellow passengers ?   Just wondering what the current protocol is.             I just got back from a vacation and SWA flight where the flight attendant asked me if I wanted her to announce that I had fragrance sensitivity so ALL of the people on the plane would be aware not to use anything highly scented while on the plane OR....maybe even NOT even sit near me.       Glad I had my doctor's papers with me for the early boarding accomodations SWA is kind enough to provide with the un-reserved seating!   A great plus for my health condition.              I was sooo embarassed already  that I told the flight attendant "no thanks"   I didn't want her to announce on the plane formally     as I didn't want to be singled out as the "weirdo, or that girl with the allergy" whose reactions were dependent upon what other people on the plane might do or not do....as in using synthetic chemical containing or fragrance containing products that would give me sore throat or headache...( heck I was wearing my allergy mask  on the plane as my "allergy" and  fragrance/chemical hypersensitivity  is not something I can control and is a disease that most people do NOT understand as MCS or even Mast Cell Activation Syndrome  sufferers react to  lower than normal levels of substances and scented products in the ambient air thant NORMAL people ).      Then I pretty much shrunk down in my seat and tried to act "normal" burying my nose in the book I brought on the plane.      Thank God that flight was only 90 minutes.         At least I wasn't treated rudely like that  time 2 years ago when the Southwest flight attendant pretty much LAUGHED in my face and said "good luck" avoiding fragranced chemicals on the plane!   That made me seriously angry and I didn't get around to writing to SWA that they need to have their flight attendants display more tact and empathy/compassion in  their interactions  with allergic SWA passengers/customers.        I  seriously do strongly EMPATHIZE with  all peanut or pet  allergy people....you have an allergy or can have allergic reactions and your life and health is sometimes at the mercy of people around you doing or not doing things that could affect the possibility of you getting sick on a flight  and you have little control over unintentional exposures ....sometimes even if all the main precautions are taken to prevent a reaction....at times the unplanned and unforeseen happens....but that is real life. ... View more