Originally Posted by
ZapBrannigan
YES! I did just that! I went to Costco and bought enough $5 Starbucks gift cards to give to every FA, ground crew, ops agent, and the commute crew for a three day trip. My wife wrapped them and put a nice Christmas message on the sticker. Bought a gift card for a night at the movies for the FO and his wife. Plan on buying a lot of drinks and a few meals this week if the crew is willing to come down.
Now for the Grinch story…
Since I commute, I put my first two legs of this trip in giveaway. If they went, I would commute to Denver instead and get an extra night at home. No takers so I went to the airport and boarded a flight to my domicile.
I committed the cardinal sin and forgot to delete the giveaway request before commuting. When I landed, the first text I got was those first two legs being cancelled.
I pulled up my board and they were gone. I immediately realized what I had done. (Face palm!)
Found the guy who took them and sent him a text to see if he would be willing to restore them because commuting to DEN in the morning now is going to be pretty tough.
But, at the end of the day it was my fault for forgetting. I learned a rookie commuter lesson.
Zap and Tranquility (and the guy that gave Zap the trips back) - ^^^^ this is why LUV is still alive at Southwest. Herb would be proud. It is not the leadership, management, or certainly the pay/work rules — it is the people (with our Captains setting the bar). I have been an FO for almost six years and I firmly believe our Captains are the best in the business.
You guys make me proud to work here. My day in the left seat will come. When it does, I will follow your lead. Y’all are class acts!