Today is a big day here at Southwest Airlines.  It’s our annual Media Day: we invite our media friends in to learn about new things here at Southwest.  The theme is “Innovation in Aviation,” which is very fitting, because at Southwest, we are all about innovation and have been since our inception.  Innovation isn’t necessarily something you can teach—it really is an attitude, a s

Keeping in line with the Rock and Roll "theme" for Media Day, Gary's presentation began with a video from a guitar documentary showing Gary playing "Wild Thing" at his house.  He began the more serious portion of his comments praising the Employees of Southwest Airlines for their accomplishments.  He then spoke about how Southwest assisted our 2,700Houston Employees with

I'm still here at Media Day, and at lunch, the tables were turned as most of Southwest's Officers heard from a panel of industry experts who took a look at the future of the industry.  This included Terry Tripler, Rick Seaney, Randy Petersn, Tom Parsons, and Peter Greenberg. 

Do the terms Traditionalist, Baby Boomer, Generation X, and Millennials mean anything to you?  These are the four generations of Employees working at Southwest Airlines, and each them have a different way of looking at the world, their work, and their relationships.  Our University for  People presented a unique and funny skit they have prepared for our folks to us to help us span these ge

Bob Jordan, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Planning, explains how we optimize and choose our schedule!