Muslim Student Kicked Off Southwest Airlines Flight for Speaking Arabic
A college student and Iraqi refugee was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight this week, reportedly for speaking Arabic during a phone call.
Southwest Airlines Is Allowing Its Racist Passengers To Kick Muslim Passengers off Their Flights [Updated]
“You Are Now Free To Move About The Country” became a wildly outdated slogan for Southwest Airlines as of this week. Perhaps the addition of the phrase “If Not A Minority” would help.
Southwest Refused Woman's Plea to Call Her Husband Before His Suicide
A Southwest Airlines passenger says she found out her husband was planning to commit suicide just moments before her flight took off, but flight attendants prevented her from calling him, citing FAA regulations. By the time she got home, he had been found dead.
Widow: Husband's Hairy Chest Reason for Not Defibrillating on Flight
While on board a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, Jack Jordan suffered a massive heart attack, which rallied passengers on the flight to give the man CPR. While others gathered to a help, a flight attendant allegedly said the heart defibrillator couldn't be used because the man's chest was…
Government: Southwest Airlines Is a Big Fat Liar
If you've ever thought Southwest's $59 flight promotions were too good to be true, it's because they probably were.
Here Are Photos of the Mystery 'Arabic' Graffiti Terrorizing Southwest Airlines
This morning we told you about the rash of mysterious "Arabic" graffiti appearing on the underside of Southwest Airlines planes recently, which has prompted an FBI investigation. Now, a tipster has sent us actual photos. Cower in fear!
Mystery Arab Invisible Ink Attacks America's Airliners
Fresh on the heels of the tenth anniversary of That Horrible and Fateful Day When Everything Changed, a new reason to Never Forget: an unidentified group of shadowy Arabs—or someone familiar with their secret communication codes—has managed to infiltrate our nation's commercial air system once again, and scrawl…
Flight Attendants May Sue Over Southwest Pilot's Horrible Rant
The flight attendants union for Southwest Airlines may file discrimination charges against against the downmarket airline after a pilot accidentally broadcast a rant against the "gays," "grannies," and "grandes" he has to work with.
Southwest Pilot Accidentally Broadcasts Misogynistic, Homophobic Rant
A Southwest Airlines pilot has been suspended after he accidentally broadcast his conversation about the "fags" and "grannies" that he works with as flight attendants. This man should really never be allowed to fly a plane again.
This Is What Happens If You Get Sucked Out of a Plane
Southwest Airlines seems to have a problem keeping its planes together these days, so Discovery News thought it would be a good idea to ask some expert what would happen if you get sucked out of a plane. It's scary stuff.
Flying Southwest Airlines Isn't Such a Good Idea
It's tempting to fly Southwest Airlines these days to avoid being totally extorted by the bigger carriers, even if you have to endure seven layovers between New York and Chicago. But by now you've probably heard about the Southwest flight that had to make an emergency landing after the roof literally tore open last…
Update: The Kevin Smith Southwest Airlines Fat-Flight Tweakout of Epic Proportion
Someone in corporate PR's decidedly not enjoying their Sunday. Yesterday, Kevin Smith started Live-Twittering his experience getting kicked off of a Southwest Airlines flight for being too fat. It was, for the most part, pretty impressive. Update: Southwest responds.
"This is like a Southwest flight!" —A Web 2.0 attendee on the cramped seating arrangements at the conference. [Portfolio]
Southwest shows road warriors LUV, puts kids in back
Southwest Airlines, newly returned to SFO, recently redesigned its gate area to make it more friendly to kids, parents and business travelers. Now, Consumerist tells us that parents are upset that they and their younglings have to board after Southwest's A-List flyers — the "first class" of SWA — rather than…
Southwest makes fleeing the Valley marginally less painful
Southwest Airlines, newly returned to SFO, and a big tenant at the Bay Area's other airports, has rolled out a fancy new gate-area design and boarding process. Instead of the A/B/C boarding groups of old, you'll be assigned a number like A27 based on when you checked in for your flight. When your number is up, you…
