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Herb on History P3

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[asset|aid=240|format=image|formatter=asset|title=RBRiPodLogoSmall.gif|width=180|height=179|resizable=true|align=right]On this edition of Red Belly Radio, I have part three of our interview with Southwest Airlines Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Herb Kelleher, talking about the early days and the industry back then.

If you missed the first two parts, they were from April and June of this year, and if you didn’t realize it, you can subscribe to Red Belly Radio through iTunes and it will be delivered to you every Wednesday. I highly recommend it.

Herb answers questions about how he and Rollin King studied the two California intrastate airlines, Air California and PSA, and how Southwest was able to beat these low-cost pioneers? I’ll give you a hint—costs!

And Herb talks about how deregulation played into the aviation industry during those days and shares a great story about a letter he got from a US Congressman after we started service to New Orleans. Great stuff!