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Paula Berg, Manager of Emerging Media at Southwest Airlines, joins Max and Dan for a discussion of how Southwest communicates with it’s customers through participation in new media.
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Dan has a great aviation website pick of the week: CH-Aviation. We’ve also got a report from the guys at the Australia Desk, our new “this week in aviation history” segment, listener mail, and more.
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ok hi guys i love your show i like that on show were you talk to the ceo of southwest
Mini sends this along:
Hey geeks,
This Story is a big story out of the here the uk. Ba Asks Staff to Work For Free
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/5552946/BA-asks-staff-to-work-for-nothing.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/struggling-ba-asks-its-40000-employees-to-work-without-pay-1706940.html
This in from apu200:
Hey Geeks
This is about one of your favorite airlines ryanair
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/14/ryanair-theairlineindustry
And another from Mini, who I now see is also apu200:
Hey Geeks (again)
Sorry for sending so many links this week but there are so many good links i have found. This one is labeled Confessions Of A Pilot
http://travel.aol.co.uk/enhPhotoGalleryPollPopup.adp?country=uk&popupgalleryid=4081&photoid=0&pause=1
Stephen writes:
Hi Guys,
Just wanted to comment on the news story about American and other carriers dropping staffing and airplanes/routes. The company I work for, JetBlue has actually done the opposite by not only adding staffing this year but we have taken delivery of 3 A320s and 5 E-190s. We have opened up several new cities and routes this year so far including Montego Bay-Jamaica, Bogota-Columbia and yesterday LAX. Below is a short list of cities slated for later this year to be opened:
– Boston, MA (BOS) and Santo Domingo, DR (SDQ) starts June 19, 2009.
– Boston, MA (BOS) and Baltimore, MD (BWI) starts September 9, 2009.
– Barbados (BGI) and New York, NY (JFK) starts October 1, 2009.
– Saint Lucia (UVF) and New York, NY (JFK) starts October 26, 2009.
– Kingston, Jamaica (KIN) and New York, NY (JFK) starts October 30, 2009.
So while others are cutting back, we are expanding.
I enjoyed listening to Paula Berg from Southwest Airlines and the Australia desk as well as Adam giving the report on the biwing event. I hopefully will be able to contribute some news also as soon as I get a microphone and can make you an mp3.
Take care and keep up the good work on the podcast.
Stephen
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