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Southwest Airlines Takes A Nosedive

by Jonah Hughes
Thursday, March 6, 2008. 06:12PM
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Question I: In light of Southwest Airlines recent FAA violations, which includes flying at least 117 of its’ Boeing 737’s more than 30 months after inspectors said the planes should be grounded for safety reasons, should the thousands and thousands and thousands of passengers who flew on these wobbly jets file a Class A Lawsuit against Southwest? The Class A Lawsuit would obviously include endangering the lives of passengers, neglecting to disclose to passengers the safety violations for which it had been cited, refusing to ground the planes until safety maintenance could be performed and inspected by FAA inspectors.

Question II: Consumers have a notoriously short memory. Should Southwest do nothing and wait for this turbulence to clear or should they embark on a feel-good advertising campaign filled with happy music, smiling flight attendants, relaxed passengers, hard-at-work grease-monkey-mechanics, and cocky-co-pilots?

Question III: Does the CEO of Southwest Airlines fly commercial or does he have a private jet?

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008. 09:57AM by michael Iva
Southwest Airlines Takes A Nosedive, while the Speckies are taking off...I LOVE THE NOTION OF THE SPECKIES AWARDS. They will eventually become the true benchmark and soul of the advertising industry. I am proud to be one of their founding sponsors and judges. http://www.thespeckies.com/
Tuesday, March 11, 2008. 01:41PM by Richard Track
A1: hell no!! its a cheap flight if it aint broken dont fix it A2: if passengers have a short term memory loss, then they re already in heaven without the adverts A3: what was the question?
Sunday, March 9, 2008. 11:30AM by EXIT3A .com
I hope Michael Vick is on that plane.
Friday, March 7, 2008. 08:05PM by Dave Wilcox
I wonder if Southwest's pilots knew about this apparent breach of safety protocol, to word it mildly. I've always felt that nearly every commercial airline pilot is like the rest of us in that he or she doesn't have some kind of burning death wish. They wouldn't fly a plane that they thought culd potentially end their life by no fault of their own. I recall sitting in the front cabin of an Eastern Airlines (therefore long ago) DC-9 waiting for the flight to leave Atlanta for Daytona Beach. The pilot was having a rather tense but quiet conversation with a maintenance person in the cockpit doorway. Suddenly the pilot grabbed his coat and briefcase and loudly announced, "I don't care what you say. I'm not flying this aircraft. These people want to get to where they are going." He stormed off the plane. I was right behind him. If the pilot doesn't think the plane is safe, neither do I.
Friday, March 7, 2008. 08:01PM by Jeffrey McGivens
I don't want to sit next to you on a plane. In fact, I don't want to be on the same plane with you. Or, for that matter, even be flying on the same day as you.
Friday, March 7, 2008. 08:00PM by Jeffrey McGivens
Bad Karma

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