I called Southwest Airlines and asked how quickly they could get me from here to Biloxi,

Our GM, Dave Dombrowski, called me and asked to report early and I was happy to do it. I'm really looking forward to getting started.

She called me at 6 a.m. yesterday and said, 'You know what, if you had asked me, I would have told you to go.

Southwest Airlines recognizes that tourism and convention business has been, and will continue to be, a major stimulus for the New Orleans economy. We hope that other corporations and organizations also will choose New Orleans as a destination for their conventions and conferences.

The discount airlines have set the pricing, really. Southwest is still sitting pretty and making a tidy profit. This is all good news to people who want to fly next year.

George had called me and asked me if I'd do it. I said sure.