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Gary it's a no-brainer. Go as the Dark Knight! Yes, get a full Batman costume! ... View more

Paula why does the video show a 737-800 being built and not Illinois One (737-700)? Its very obvious by the dual-overwing exits. Watch the video closely. Why claim that that's Illinois One being built? Illinois One shows up only at the end for the painting. Kinda reminds me of the movie "The Hunt For Red October". OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry) has the USS Blueback (?) docked in the Willamette River. On the tour they say that that submarine was the sub used for the "breach" sequence when the sub jumps out of the water. Turns out it wasn't THAT sub, but that sub's sister-ship. Truthiness...even Southwest is in on it! ... View more

One question to all of you here...you put all of your own lives in your hands every day behind the wheel if you own a car. Now tell me one thing: Do each and every one of you make sure your vehicle is 100% perfectly maintained at every manufacturer-specified maintenance interval? I'm sure you're on the phone to your dealership just before you cross that mileage point! Do you fill your tires with air at every gas station fill-up, and make sure the oil is completely topped off? Do you get the windshield replaced when there is a any tiny crack in it on the driver's side? Do you vaccuum your car every day after you track mud and debris into it? Yeah...didn't think so. Southwest Airlines has over 500 planes and yeah they are carrying people and they are a business. They have a responsibility to make sure they do all those things on time. But look at their history...NO fatal accidents involving passengers. They are a SAFE airline. Somebody screwed up royally, and SWA will fix it. When you step on SWA you step onto the safest airline in America. NO other carrier has SWA's safety record. Think about that the next time you book on AA or DL or UA or NW or AK or FL or any other airline...most if not ALL have had a fatal accident in their history. And I am sure that NONE of them made it 37+ years without having one. So chew on that while you forget to check your oil at your next fill-up at the gas station. ... View more

I guess people just don't get it. There are SIXTY A boarding passes. Unless a combination of SIXTY Rapid Reward or Business Select passengers happen to walk up if you print your boarding pass out 24 hours you will get an A boarding pass. Besides, I'd rather have time before the flight to go get food, coffee, or a newspaper. You can always head over to American Airlines where they have assigned seats. Oh, yeah, they love to change equipment. There goes your window emergency exit row seat! I've flown them a lot of times. They board late, depart late, and arrive late. SWA? Usually on time. Chill, peeps. ... View more

Wow. I never thought so many people would have negative responses. Guess I was wrong. As a Southwest f/a, I am on the front line of these changes. To all of you that are screaming about the family preboarding changes, I just want to tell you a quick story. I worked a flight out of Orlando which had FIFTY preboarders. Wheelchairs and families. We nearly had a riot at the top of the jetway. The OPS agent came down and told us that they were scared. They had people screaming at them in the A boarding group. Obviously this was NOT a good thing. To the families: Take some initiative! Log on 24 hours ahead of time & print out your boarding pass and get an "A". Even if you aren't all grouped together numerically you'll get your "A" and get to sit together. If not, you'll still get to sit together in the B group. And we'll be on the plane working our magic to make sure it happens (I had to do it last night!). To the business traveler with the kicking child: How about you take some initiative, turn around, and say to the parent "Please stop your child from kicking my seat". Wow, what a concept! :) All I see is complaining here when there can be action taken by both affected types of travelers to minimize inconvenience. What SWA is trying to do is change things up to make travel easier and we're never going to be able to please every individual! Give the changes some time and you'll see that it will be better. Oh. One more thing. Historically, passengers are unwilling to pay an extra $15-20 bucks per ticket to cover the cost of jet fuel ($90 for a barrel of oil right now) we have to find new ways to increase our revenue. This is one of them. So step up, print out those boarding passes, talk to the parent with the kicking child, and if you really want, ask for a second bag of peanuts to soothe your soul. We don't mind. LUV, SWAFA ... View more

OH. MY. GAWD. Gary...I didn't know you had this in you! I am laughing hysterically over here. You made a fellow SWA employee proud. GREAT job. Can't wait to see what you come up with next year! Matt D. BWI-based Flight Attendant ... View more