I've only been hired at SWA for 6 months and I wish I could've met this man. Thank you for building this company sir, may you RIP

RIP Herb. Herb thank you so much for my job at Southwest Airlines. I was hired October 6, 2006 as a ramp agent in Baltimore Maryland. I was able to serve in the United States Marine Corps for 8 years and now currently still with Southwest Airlines as a ramp agent in Tampa Florida and will retire from Southwest when that time comes. I wish I could have met you but honestly I didnt have to because I met you through all the co-hearts. You will forever be missed.

Herb was my Hero and my friend. My heart is breaking still, knowing the wisdom and common sense of this brilliant mind will no longer be audible. I am not alone when I say, Herb is simply loved !!!!!

I'm a former airline employee (not with Southwest), but always admired and respected Herb Kelleher and the company he strove to create with such great success. I had an occasion or two to hear him speak (as a guest of a friend of mine who was a Southwest employee) during a motivational event for employees in a particular locale and he was just as congenial, forthright and honest as what this video portrays. God bless his family and his memory. RIP, Herb Kelleher.

What a man! We LUV you Herbie. We'll forever work to hold up your legacy.

If ever a company exemplified the best in people everywhere, it is Southwest. I would never even consider another airline.

RIP Herb! We the Employees or Southwest, are always appreciative of all the lessons you have taught us! Love You Herb! Go Rest High on the Mountain!

RIP Dear Herb. I can't thank you enough for the opportunities you created, not only for me, but for all of Employees at Southwest Airlines - the greatest airline in the world! I had the honor to meet you several times & WOW! - your spirit, energy & love of everyone at Southwest was simply amazing and incomparable! One last thought. This statement is so true - "Herb is the only airline CEO in history that was a Rock Star to his employees - the employees of Southwest Airlines!" My thoughts and prayers are with Herb's family & close friends. God speed Herb, until we meet again.

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

5 жыл бұрын

As someone who worked in the airline industry for seven years in the '90s - though not for Southwest - I can certainly vouch for much of what you say about Herbie the Love Bug and the loyalty he inspired. In an industry dominated by the likes of Robert Crandall, Frank Lorenzo, Gordon Bethune, Carl Icahn, Richard Ferris among others, Herb was without a doubt the most most popular among his employees. As proof of that, I believe that throughout his tenure as Southwest CEO, the airline only had one strike.

Anyone considering business as a career should study about this man. Rest in peace sir.

Oh Herb. We miss you so!!!!! Prayers for your family, and for Colleen, our heart!!!

I read your first book cover to cover, and was fascinated, entertained, and in awe of you.... start to the end. Rest in peace, Herb. You earned that blessed peace.

Gonna miss this wonderful man. What a great Boss!😢

Amazing person. Why more CEOs don't emulate him is beyond me. What he created with Southwest was nothing short of a miracle. RIP, sir.

@maxgsd8770

5 жыл бұрын

J. Clark AMEN!

Greatest Boss ever

Herb and his airline have made it possible for me to do a lot over the years. Made it possible to fly to Denver and spend time with my great-grandfather. And then be able to attend his funeral at Arlington National. Surprise my mother for her birthday and my sister for her Senior Night and Graduation. They make it possible for me to have breakfast and work at my home in Atlanta, lunch with my great-grandmother in Miami, dinner with my parents in Orlando, and back home and in bed at a normal time. You were always a business idol of mine and the Lone Star of Texas is a little dimmer today because of your passing; not to mention the impact this will have on Wild Turkey sales. Here is to you Herb 🥃

My favorite CEO Ever

God do I miss him! He was way ahead of his time, and a hell of a leader.

Every business should follow Herbs model.

RIP Herb. I shed a tear or two upon learning of your death. I'm going to pass on my usual martini this afternoon for a glass of Wild Turkey on the rocks in your honour.

Many people like to point out that one of the benefits that emerged from the deregulation of the airline industry is that fares are so much lower now than they were before. While deregulation made this possible, if it weren't for Southwest Airlines, fares would not be so low on average as they are today. The low fares found in most markets today are because of Southwest. Whenever Southwest flies a route, the result is that fares for that route always decrease. For example, When Southwest started flying from St. Louis to Kansas City, which only the old TWA used to service, the lowest one-way fare decreased from $250 to $49 (though a round-trip fare was lower). In 1992, when American Airlines introduced its Value Pricing campaign designed to reduce the number of fares in each market, which lowered standard coach and first-class fares but increased many discount fares, every other major airline copied American's fares for a time - except Southwest whose fares were still lower and on routes that Southwest flew, none of the other airlines applied value pricing. So next time you all fly from Oakland to Los Angeles for $59 or from Cincinnati to Chicago for $69 (and not necessarily with Southwest but any airline that flies these routes), thank Herb Kelleher and the good folks at Southwest who have made low fares a staple in the industry.

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

5 жыл бұрын

@Lloyd Bonafide Which airlines did Southwest put out of business?

Wow i cant believe i just discovered mr. Kehleher...and its so true about the benefits he provided to all kinds of people i just realized that 7 yrs ago i was able to afford a flight at southwest to dallas and see my extended family because of this mans philosophy....

Looking back at this video today after hearing about his death.

Angel 😇 for the skies

REST IN PEACE HERB KELLEHER!!!!!

He was a brilliant man. The birth of swa

So heartbreaking to see SWA becoming just another airline now. I'm starting to look at Spirit so I don't have to change planes almost everywhere I go. SWA has lost the Herb K. spirit.

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Which brief was the wright amendment

After Herb’s legacy with good employee relations and everyone taking responsibility but getting rewarded, it’s a disgrace both pilots and flight attendants have been in federal mediation for a year to settle their contracts.