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Flashback Fridays: The 1970s and Southwest Airlines
In many ways, the birth of Southwest Airlines was one of the few good things to come out of the “Swingin’ Seventies,” unless, of course, you were also born during that decade. The Sixties were more...
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Thursday used to be the night of must-see TV with Friends and Seinfeld. Well this Thursday, it is once again with CNBC presenting their in-depth look at Herb Kelleher as part of their Titans series...
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Flashback Fridays: Thank You for Calling Southwest Airlines
Customer Support & Services (CS&S) is our department formerly known as Reservations. These hard working folks with the pleasant voices on the phone have been an essential part of our success...
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Flashback Fridays: Our First Dispatch Office
I’m excited because Flashback Friday is on a roll of finding images hidden for decades. Last week, we found some photos of Reservations Agents from 1974, and a short while back, we had Mechanics in...
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Flashback Fridays—Some Odds and Ends
While I am at AirVenture 2011 in Oshkosh this week, I thought I would share three photos that, when shown together, are unrelated, but individually they tell a story of our early days. This first...
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Flashback Fridays: More Early Southwest Warrior Spirit
We owe thanks to our Original Employees for many of the traits our current Employees possess. Probably foremost of the traits they passed down to us is the Warrior Spirit. We know they struggled...
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Flashback Fridays: The Not-so-Golden, Golden Days
One of the things I like to do here at Flashback Fridays is to place historical context behind current issues we face as an airline. Without being too contrarian, I admit I like to burst myths of...
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Flashback Fridays: A BIG Weekend in 1974
This photo couldn’t be taken today, or at least, a major company couldn’t use it in a promotion, advertisement, or advisory. And, it’s not because of our early 70s uniforms. No, the reason is...
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Flashback Fridays: The Ten-Minute Turn in Pictures
For the next several weeks we’ll be publishing what we consider to be the “Best of” Brian’s Flashback Friday posts. The first one that we’ve selected reflects a subject and practice of Southwest...
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Flashback Friday: Remembering Our Birthdays
This week marks Southwest Airlines’ 42nd birthday, so for this week’s installment of Flashback Fridays, I wanted to share a few photos and artifacts from the archives that show how we have celebrated...
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