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Originally Posted by biigD (Post 4031062)

I thought this was a pretty classy move by SWA:

"Jon Jackson, a Spirit Airlines captain, was supposed to fly his retirement flight on Saturday, but his airline shut down before he could.
He hopped on a Southwest flight to get back to Baltimore from Fort Lauderdale.

While on board, "we casually mentioned it to the crew," his son, Chris, a Southwest pilot, said in a Facebook post. Southwest staff organized a water cannon salute when the aircraft arrived and he was met with applause and a reception when he walked off the jet bridge, according to the post, which was confirmed to CNBC by Southwest."

From here: https://stocks.apple.com/AJ9e1Ig2AQ7Ce9zhtf9pTyw

Nice. Above and beyond.

This is why so many of us said you better just bang out sit and go home before the clock struck midnight.

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Originally Posted by MCDUmanipulator (Post 4031200)

This is why so many of us said you better just bang out sit and go home before the clock struck midnight.

My CP called me on a layover and said they were going to shut the lace down at midnight, if I wanted a ride back to my domicile to get my crash pad stuff and car I needed to get on the last flight that was a ferry flight back. I called my FO and we sat in the back of a 19 seat empty turbo prop as the crew did no **** barrel rolls. Still sobering ride though.