Southwest airlines circa 1972

[mattbell]

Remember what it was like before Southwest Airlines?  You didn't have hostesses in hot pants.  Remember?

And here I thought Southwest was famous for having no frills, low low fares, a simple web interface, happy employees who dress as casually as they want, and clever logistics to keep turnaround times low. 

Frills are clearly evident in this video, and yeah, the casual dress doesn't appear to be part of the original plan.  I didn't even know the airline was that old.

Comments

[mongo42.livejournal.com]

Southwest Airlines is also famous down here for sabotaging the Texas High Speed Rail Project in the late 80's, which is why to this day there's no decent rail link between any of the cities down here. I've never forgiven them for that.

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that. Thanks.