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Employee When an opportunity in Canada presented itself to educate students on aviation-related topics in preparation for an upcoming trip to Disney World, Senior Vice President of Air Operations Craig Drew...
Employee Southwest’s Adopt-A-Pilot Program is an educational program where Southwest Pilots volunteer in elementary school classrooms across the country using their experience and knowledge to teach STEM (scie...
Employee Southwest Customer Service Agent Becky Handel loves her job at Southwest. Her four other family members do too! Read more to hear from Becky about her experience working at a Company ranked No. 2 on F...
In early January, a dream came true for my third-grade student, nine-year-old Davis. Actually, it surpassed every expectation or possibility that we thought could ever happen. I had to share this exp...
Employee Longtime Southwest Airlines Customer and former Indy500 racecar driver Sam Schmidt wondered if he would ever fly again, after a life-changing injury on the track in 1999. Read on to hear how Schmidt w...
Employee Our Southwest Employees are known for their Fun-LUVing Attitudes, Hospitality, and hard work in connecting our Customers to what matters most in their lives. Read more to learn how three Employees fou...
Employee On International Women’s Day, we’re thrilled to share how Southwest Captain Tammie Jo Shults kept going when there was no applause to keep going on her path to a career in aviation.
Employee The Quiet Storm Foundation’s Annual Black History Month Oratorical Competition provides Las Vegas middle school students the opportunity to encourage and promote cultural diversity amongst their peers...
Employee Student Jeremiah Skeete shows how hard work and mentorship have gotten him one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a Southwest Airlines Pilot.  
Employee What started in a fifth grade classroom over 15 years ago has since taken to the skies! Southwest Airlines Pilot David Childs found himself looking for a way to inspire kids to have the same love of ...
Employee We’re often asked if Campus Reach Interns are ever hired for full-time employment after their internship. Our answer: we love hiring Interns! The Campus Reach Program has built a talent acquisition pi...
Employee Oakland based Pilot, Peter Vanpelt, has been inspiring students both locally and abroad for the past five years as an Adopt-A-Pilot Ambassador. Southwest’s Adopt-A-Pilot program allows Pilots to volu...
Employee Employees are the Heart of our business at Southwest. They help us connect People to what’s important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. We know from our 2017 fall cam...
Employee “I’m proud to wear a Southwest uniform. You know you’re a part of something big.” —Lt. Col. Jamie Hunt, First Officer