Southwest Airlines Community

God bless your future hubby and all of our Troops and their Allies and those brave Iraqis who stand up to terrorist thugs and dictators and fight for their own freedom. Also don't forget our Troops and Allies in Afghanistan and the Afghans who help us fight islamofascism over THERE so we don't have to fight them HERE in our cities and our backyards. Motto of U.S. Special Forces: "Liberate the Oppressed" BWI F/A Tony ... View more

I was a boarding (Ops) agent for 6 years and now I am a F/A. I have seen the boarding process from both ends. I have spend many hours talking to our Customers. Gary, if we go to assigned seating we will gain some vacation travellers. But for every once a year vacationer we gain, we'll lose a hundred ONCE A WEEK business travellers. They fly on us BECAUSE OF open seating. Any other way and we'd be just like all of those other airlines filing for chapter 11. If they made Dr. Pepper taste just like Coke and Pepsi, what would be the point in buying it? Please don't make SW just like the other airlines, please don't be the guy who puts our great Company out of business. Open seating. Forever. ... View more

Edwin, the reason we do open seating is because it is the fastest way to board. Our planes only generate income while in the air. We are one of the only airlines making a profit and we don't want to be like all the other airlines who're on the edge of bankruptcy. Our regular travellers love our system and we'd lose many of them if we became just another airline. True, some people would like us to assign seats but we'd lose more customers than we'd gain. Tony, Ops / FLL ... View more

Canyon Blue was a great choice for the new colors. You can always tell when you see a Southwest plane in the sky. All the other planes look alike. ... View more