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Southwest’s CEO picks up trash and serves snacks when flying
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Southwest’s CEO picks up trash and serves snacks when flying

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Last updated: July 7, 2025 5:46 am
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Southwest Airways CEO Bob Jordan tends to not put on fits when flying so he can provide the flight crew a hand.

In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Instances, he revealed his personal flying habits, talked about Southwest’s latest resolution to finish long-standing insurance policies, and shared recommendation he bought from legendary cofounder Herb Kelleher.

Jordan stated he prefers the window seat, however sits within the aisle when flying for enterprise so he can rise up, speak to the flight attendants, and transfer concerning the cabin.

“I serve snacks. I decide up trash. Then I am going sit within the cockpit and speak to our pilots,” he informed the Instances. “I don’t wish to be crawling over folks, so I have a tendency to sit down on the aisle so I can get out and do stuff.”

In actual fact, he seldom wears a go well with when flying and normally wears a vest or polo shirt as a result of he needs to work with the crew. Fits are usually reserved for visits to Washington, D.C., and conferences with lawmakers or different officers.

Jordan even advised his useful habits lengthen to the bottom crew.

“I wish to go downstairs and unload luggage. It’s tremendous laborious to unload luggage and get within the stomach of the plane with a go well with on,” he stated.

The CEO additionally mentioned reactions to Southwest’s resolution final 12 months to finish its well-known open-seating coverage and start charging for premium seating in addition to its pivot earlier this 12 months to sharply reduce its “luggage fly free” coverage.

“I do know we have now some that aren’t comfortable—and we have now many, many, many which can be comfortable,” Jordan stated. “You need to maintain speaking as a result of typically folks don’t perceive what you’re doing. What I discover is that after of us know the place we’re headed, they’re very excited. I believe you simply need to play by way of this era of change as a result of change is difficult.”

He acknowledged that Southwest has to play “a little bit of catch-up” with different airways by transitioning to the brand new insurance policies in a matter of months and never years.

However he denied the adjustments have been pushed by activist shareholder Elliott Funding Administration, which sought a shakeup on the airline. The airline revamped its board final 12 months however saved Jordan as CEO.

Jordan was additionally reminded that he began at Southwest in 1988, when Kelleher was the CEO, and stated they met on his first day.

When requested what Kelleher, who handed away in 2019, would consider the large adjustments happening at Southwest at present, he answered with some recommendation he bought from the airline’s cofounder.

“One of many No. 1 Herb quotes was, ‘If you happen to don’t change, you die,’” Jordan recalled. “Herb didn’t construct the airline to be about open seating and plastic boarding playing cards. That was an outgrowth of eager to be environment friendly. Herb constructed the airline round being totally different from a service perspective.”

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