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How the Southwest Airlines LUV Classic Came To Be
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 08:26 — Annie HancockIn 1983, Southwest Airlines Captain Dick East (now retired), who had recently lost his young daughter to cancer, took a couple of his fellow Pilots, who were "overnighting" in Houston, to visit families at the local Ronald McDonald House. At the time, we only had one Crew Base (located in Dallas), so we had a lot of Pilots and Flight Attendants overnighting in Houston.
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