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Fri, Jun 06, 2003

Southwest's Uniforms Reflect Progress

...on Some Fronts, Anyway

When Southwest Airlines launched its three-city route system over Texas thirty-two years ago, nobody talked about what everyone knows today: the airline still has not written off a hull due to an accident; it is the largest airline to post a profit throughout the September 11 shakeout; it still flies only 737s, three decades into the game; and Southwest has become the model for virtually every profitable airline in the 21st Century.

What people talked about were the stewardesses, and their uniforms.

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Some of the original stewardesses still work for the airline. They're not "stewardesses," of course; they're not all Flight Attendants, either; but the airline spokeswoman we talked with said that some, now nudging 60 years old, remember those early days, and still can wear their old hot pants and go-go boots -- just, not at work.

The new "human livery" at Southwest looks like this:

FMI: www.southwest.com

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