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A champagne flight (Southwest Airlines honors vets)
The Arizona Republic ^
| June 3, 2002
| George Smith and Paul Goodyear
Posted on 06/03/2002 6:12:59 PM PDT by dittomom
Last week, a shipmate and I were waiting in Oklahoma City to board a Southwest Airlines flight to Phoenix.
Over the PA came the announcement "Are Paul Goodyear and George Smith present?" We identified ourselves.
The PA continued, "These men survived the sinking of the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor and have been in town to participate in a presentation ceremony."
A round of applause, then more from the PA, "We are going to allow these men to board first."
No objections, then the PA added, "We are presenting each man with a bottle of champagne."
This was roundly applauded.
Who says Southwest does not have a champagne flight?
It was very gratifying to know that some still recognize that Sept. 11 is not the only day of trauma faced by Americans.
Our thanks to Southwest Airlines and all participating employees and public.
George Smith
and Paul Goodyear
Casa Grande
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Arizona; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: pearlharbor; veterans
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Kudos to Southwest Airlines for honoring our veterans!
But most of all a very big thank you to George Smith and Paul Goodyear for their service to our country.
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posted on
06/03/2002 6:13:00 PM PDT
by
dittomom
To: Az Joe; AngrySpud; Cyber Liberty; Slip18; uglybiker; Richard Axtell; DLfromtheDesert; yoe...
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PINGING ARIZONA!!! Saw this in the paper today and didn't want you to miss it.
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posted on
06/03/2002 6:14:30 PM PDT
by
dittomom
To: DoughtyOne; A Navy Vet; Snow Bunny
This PING's for you!!
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posted on
06/03/2002 6:15:54 PM PDT
by
dittomom
To: dittomom
Great story. Thanks for putting it up.
We don't have much time left to honor the brave men and women who won WWII, so that we could enjoy freedom.
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posted on
06/03/2002 6:20:19 PM PDT
by
Semper911
To: dittomom
Now that's the way to run an airline
To: Semper911
Amen, we can never thank them enough. I was really touched by this letter to the editor today. Especially the very humble and matter of fact way that it is written.
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posted on
06/03/2002 6:27:24 PM PDT
by
dittomom
To: dittomom
Yeah, but did they give you any peanuts to go with the champaign?
To: dittomom
I'll second that AMEN! We truly cannot be gratful enough to those who have served our nation.
To: dittomom
Thank you. I needed to see some good news.
To: All
A very nice jesture by SW
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posted on
06/03/2002 7:08:20 PM PDT
by
Aaron_A
To: Aaron_A
Now you know why they were the only airline to make a profit after 9/11.
To: dittomom
My spouse and I flew Southwest in February. We were very pleasantly surprised by the great service on this discount airline. I would recommend it to anyone.
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posted on
06/03/2002 7:35:51 PM PDT
by
PLK
To: dittomom
What a great story! Thank you!
I've got several reservations to book for some business travel next year. And, if Southwest flies to any of those places, you can bet I'll be using them and telling them why.
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posted on
06/03/2002 7:40:12 PM PDT
by
strela
To: dittomom
Good stuff...thanks for the ping.
To: dittomom
Thanks for the ping. Someone's doing it right.
My first assignment overseas (1978) I flew in uniform.
Pan Am put my wife and I in first class. Shame they're no longer flying.
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posted on
06/03/2002 8:24:28 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
To: dittomom
Great story dittomom...!!
....."This PING's for you!!"............LOL....you are so adorable!!! I love it !
To: dittomom
Very cool!
To: dittomom
Kudos to Southwest Airlines for honoring our veterans! BUMP!
To: dittomom
Southwest is to be commended. What a great story!
To: dittomom
Someone in the chain of command at South West should be recognized for this action. Quite a contrast to the service Joe Foss received at Terminal 4.
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