We are proud to announce that our son just made Captain at Southwest Airlines after 7 years of flying right seat. I am writing this to offer a suggestion to Colleen Barrett or Gary Kelly. As parents, we have seen our son and a number of his friends go through years of hard work and sacrifices to realize their dreams of becoming captain for an airlines such as Southwest. When our son received his captain stripe last week, it was somewhat disappointing to find that Southwest does not have a small ceremony to celebrate this achievement. I would think this would be a great morale booster for the pilots. This may or may not be a practical suggestion but at least I knew it would be considered because Southwest management has such a well known reputation for their excellent employee relations. I have had the privilege of meeting Gary Kelly when he graciously accepted my university's request to speak to our MBA alumni and, from that meeting, felt that he would be open to suggestions of this type.
Gretchen
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