I've flown Southwest, always interesting. I'm glad the plane came to a safe stop, it was a freakin' blizzard there, per the footage on FOX. The Southwest pilots have quite a tongue in cheek sense of humor, I wonder if they had any quips once they realized all onboard were safe?
I hope for their sake they didn't quip, since they smooshed some Chicagoans with their little excursion.
Seriously, though, SW pilots: nice job. It could have been much worse, I think.
I doubt they were in much of a joking mood. They spent years and tens of thousands of dollars for training to get where they are, and now they're unemployed and unemployable.