11-07-2011
08:16 PM
10 Loves
I would be far more willing to speak up against a tax for security on airline passengers (because, really, Southwest won't be paying a dime of this tax; it'll be passed on to fliers in the form of higher fares or itemizing the taxes on the fare) - IF the airlines were more proactive in fighting the TSA over its inane, inappropriate, and useless "sky theater" approach to security. If the passenger air industry put as much muscle into demanding that the TSA be scaled back from its overweening sense of self and be forced to concentrate on actual threats, there would be no rationale for raising the tax on airline passengers to pay for "security".
If you want US to fight YOUR battles for you, it's about time you helped fight OUR battles for US.
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04-23-2010
12:08 PM
3 Loves
While I think it's great that Florida joins the list of "specialty" paint job planes in the fleet, I'm still miffed that Louisiana is still not represented, despite being the first state outside Texas to get Southwest service, way way back in the day. I wrote suggesting a Louisiana motif plane as a way to celebrate the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase (1803-2003) many years ago, at a time when the state might have been willing to kick in on the cost as a promotion for the event. No response.
I asked again after Hurricane Katrina as a way for Southwest to show it was still committed to the New Orleans market; the deafening silence despite multiple avenues of communication (through my SWABIZ manager and directly to the executive offices) worried me that in fact, Southwest might end up pulling out of the Louisiana market entirely. They haven't, which is a relief, but it still rankles.
We celebrate the bicentennial of our statehood in 2012 - how about it, Southwest? Isn't it time to honor the state that helped you break out of the intra-Texas market?
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