Blogging from Love

I am, as I type, flying Southwest Airlines for the first time since I was a child. Last time I flew on a Southwest Airlines Jet the flight attendants still wore go-go boots and hot pants. I'm guessing that a fair number of you either don't know what hot pants are or aren't aware that Southwest Airlines flight attendants used to wear them.

Today it's all khaki shorts and logo'd shirts.

The flight I am on goes from Dallas Love Field to Houston Hobby. My son is serving as a ring bearer in a wedding in Houston tonight.

So far so good. I got online last night and printed my boarding pass after a heads up from the lady who cuts my hair that if I didn't print it out at least the day before I wouldn't get in the "A" boarding group and would forever regret my blunder.

We did indeed board with the "A" group and were invited to sit with an unaccompanied young lady flying to visit her grandma.

The flight attendants, even though they are not wearing gogo boots and hot pants, seem much happier than on most airlines I've experienced lately.

Lots of people ask me how I feel about the whole Wright Amendment issue. Generally, I'll always come down on the side of less regulation for business. I honestly don't have overly strong feelings one way or the other on this particular issue.

Unless they lose my suitcase, however, I'll give acceptable marks to Southwest Airlines.

More Later.