Southwest
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Southwest Has Redesigned The Interiors of Its New 737s, Let’s Take a Look Inside
In my trip report last week, I mentioned that Southwest had brought me up to Seattle so I could go crawl around…
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My First Southwest 737-800 Ride and LAX Is Getting Better (Trip Report)
If you thought this was my trip report for my 9 Airports, 1 Day adventure, then I’m sorry to disappoint. See, as…
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9 Airports, 1 Day: How to Follow Along Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the big day. Assuming everything runs on time, I’ll take 8 Southwest flights touching 9 airports, all within the State…
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3 Links I Love: Why Southwest Says Its IT Failed, Calls for Southwest CEO’s Head, Talking Alaska-Virgin America
This week’s featured link: Southwest CEO: Router failure that grounded flights equated to ‘once-in-a-thousand-year flood’ – Dallas Morning News Something tells me…
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My First Southwest Flight from Long Beach (Trip Report)
This wasn’t supposed to be this way. I had to be up in Sonoma for a family event, and initially, I thought…
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Celebrate 10 Cranky Years with an Insane Day of Flying on Southwest
On August 15, 2006, I published “Welcome From the Cranky Flier,” my very first post. Here we are, 10 years and nearly…
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Long Beach May Lose in the Brewing Southwest vs JetBlue War
It’s amazing how much news such a little airport like Long Beach can generate. Now of course, since I live in the…
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Cranky on the Web: More on Southwest’s Tech Failure
Southwest still delaying, canceling flights after technology outage – Houston Chronicle As Southwest continues to struggle to pull itself together again after…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s Inexcusable IT Meltdown, Why Concorde Failed, Boeing 100
Hope you like videos, because this week is full of them. This week’s featured link: Live from the Listening Center discussing recovery…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s Ancient Tech, Government Moves on UAE/Qatar, Alaska Goes SLO
This week’s featured link: Now Southwest Can Act Like Other Airlines. Uh-Oh? – Bloomberg Southwest is slowly lurching toward finally getting a…
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A Goofy Southwest Crew Makes for a Great Ride (Trip Report)
The stereotypical “good” Southwest flight is one that runs on time with a crew that’s having a lot of fun. It’s been…
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Labor and Training Issues Push Southwest to Retire Its 737 Classics Next Year
It has been a few years since most US airlines retired their Classic 737s, but Southwest continues to soldier on with more…