See Spot Write: Swiss Miss Flies Southwest?

Guess her staff forgot to mention that Virgin flies to LA. Bet they high-fived each other as she wandered down the jetway into the Southwest abyss.

"kinda like requesting your Mountain Dew in Waterford crystal at Der Weinerschnitzel" is my new favorite line. My life will be devoted to waiting for the perfect moment to repeat it.

I'm dying to know which airline the cool kids fly when Virgin can't get us where we need to be?

better, please explain how one becomes shallow/wealthy enough to self-identify based upon which airline she flies?

I find these remarks about Jennifer Siebel Newsom to be offensive.
I am ... offended.
I shall compose a slightly worrisome email and send it to you posthaste.

Oh, what delicious fun! Let's pile on and make fun of an unpretentious company by calling them "ghetto." That's great! We can pretend to be au courant and sound like racists, too! Yay.

Nevermind that Southwest only promises to get you safely from point "A" to point "B" without mood lighting, live TV, or much of anything else. It's basic transportation. If we were really all that fabulous, we would probably own a share of a fractional or maybe even our own little Eclipse Jet in which to buzz around.


Nevermind that Southwest has modified their boarding process so that the "cattle call" is more of an organized round-up and ALL the heifers can rest and chew their cuds for a bit until their group is called. It's still a fast and efficient way to load an airplane.


Nevermind that Southwest has decided not to join the rest of the herd and charge extra for checking bags. Yup, they have raised drink prices. Yup, they do charge to pre-board and send a kid across the country by herself. They're not always they cheapest, but they at least don't try to fool us into thinking we're going to have some sort of luxury experience!


Gang, when you cast aspersions on a company based upon the socio-economic status of its clientèle, I think you're off base. It used to be that everyone dressed up to fly-- that was because most of us couldn't afford to do it! Even poor people had at least one decent set of clothes they would wear to special events. I think that the fact that the boarding area of most Southwest flights looks like the Hickey neighborhood just showed up is more of a commentary on our ability as a country to dress ourselves to go out in public-- period.


From what I've read and understood from talking to Southwest flight attendants, the shorts and polo shirts are an effort to make them more comfortable when they're working. If you think you may have trouble identifying the flight attendant who's yelling directions for you to get out of the emergency exit of the burning 737, then perhaps you should pay better attention to the emergency briefing.

Or not.