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• Blame Low (not High) Oil for the End of Southwest's 17-Year Profit Streak

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-16

  Money Morning submits: By Jennifer Yousfi Southwest Airlines Co. LUV has always been extremely proud of its string of profitable quarters, which began in the spring of 1991, and traversed a major recession and the massive drop-off in air travel that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks. by Money Morning

  Tags: Seeking Alpha, Corporate Insurance, Homeland Security, Business Security, Business Operations, Government, Money Morning, Southwest Airlines Co., Transport

• Week of the good, bad and ugly

  - 2008-07-21

  This week's entry comes under the heading of the good, the bad, the ugly ... and the so-so. First the good ... Dr. William Roberts at Rady Children's Hospital is behind the scenes providing expertise in pediatric oncology to the General Hospital in Tijuana so that the cancer unit could...

  Tags: China, Dr., Government, leader, Leadership, lecture, Southwest Airlines Co.

• US lawmakers blast aviation agency over safety lapses

  - 2008-04-03

  WASHINGTON AFP — A top US lawmaker called for the government's aviation agency to "clean house" on Thursday as whistleblowers denounced safety lapses that allowed an airline to fly with cracked fuselages. Representative James Oberstar denounced the "cozy" relationship between the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines after Southwest Airlines...

  Tags: agency, FAA, Government, Manufacturing, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Southwest Airlines grounds 38 jets

  - 2008-03-13

  Southwest Airlines on Wednesday grounded 38 jets in the midst of a federal probe of the low-cost carrier prompted by last week's $10.2 million fine for missed safety inspections. Southwest canceled 126 flights by last evening, or about 4% of its daily operations, as it inspected...

  Tags: FAA, Government, Manufacturing, Southwest Airlines Co., Transportation

• 'We can never rest'

  - 2008-03-12

  The incident with Southwest Airlines was a twofold breakdown in the aviation safety system. Southwest failed to properly inspect its aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration failed to ensure that the airline grounded those planes. At this point in the investigation, we know for certain that at least one FAA inspector...

  Tags: FAA, Government, Manufacturing, Regulations, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Southwest hires an outsider to review plane maintenance

  - 2008-03-12

  DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co., which is accused of operating planes that had missed key safety inspections, said Tuesday it has placed three employees on leave and hired an outside expert to review its maintenance procedures. The airline also said it has promised federal regulators that it will...

  Tags: Government, Regulations, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Progressive Following on Southwest Airlines Company.

  - 2008-01-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 January 2008-The SI Report: Progressive Following on Southwest Airlines CompanyC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04012008 Thursday witnessed energy futures spiraling downwards following a governments report indicating a larger-than-expected decline in crude oil inventories with an unexpected upswing in...

  Tags: barrel, Government, SALES, Southwest Airlines Co., Transportation

• Southwest takes charge of $25M for retirement

  - 2007-09-26

  DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. said Tuesday that it would take a charge of $25 million in the third quarter to cover early retirement payments to employees. Southwest said its third-quarter costs would rise 4 percent to 5 percent, compared with a year earlier. Higher costs...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Bomb threat forces plane to Oakland

  - 2007-09-08

  OAKLAND -- The FBI late Friday was questioning passengers from a Southwest Airlines airplane that was sent back to Oakland airport after the airline received a bomb threat. Bomb sniffing dogs and airport officials did not find a bomb on board Flight 770 bound for Phoenix from...

  Tags: Government, Oakland, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Threat forces plane to land in Oakland

  - 2007-09-08

  OAKLAND -- The FBI Friday was questioning passengers from a Southwest Airlines airplane that was sent back to Oakland airport after the airline received a bomb threat. Bomb sniffing dogs and airport officials did not find a bomb on board Flight 770 bound for Phoenix from Oakland,...

  Tags: Government, Oakland, Southwest Airlines Co.