Wild Turkey Honor's Herb

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“It is no secret that Wild Turkey is a favorite of Herb’s,â€￾ noted Pernod Ricard Americas Travel Retail President Christophe Lemarié. “He has been a loyal fan of Wild Turkey for many years. Our goal was to celebrate Herb’s amazing career and achievements by creating a Wild Turkey themed lounge for the event that captured the spirit of two unique icons [Herb Kelleher and Wild Turkey] through its genuine atmosphere. We are thrilled to have been a part of this incredible salute to both Herb and Colleen as part of our commitment to Southwest Airlines.â€￾



http://www.moodiereport.com/document.php?c...mp;doc_id=17688
 
I can see it now, a plane in Wild Turkey Colors. "Look Mom, its a Bird, a Plane, superman, no it's Wild Turkey". :lol:
 
On the AA board,........check out(on You Tube)....Bob CRANDALLS musical tribute to ..HERB.

HERB..along with CRANDALL, have NO Equals, and this Industry (I'm 99% sure) will never see guys like them(in their own individual ways)...Again !!!
 
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Here's a what I think is a funny story to add about Herb from a Blog site from "The Dallas Morning News"

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/



Terry, I say it again..lose the picture of Kelleher smoking. It is disgraceful and non-productive. I can just see the parent-employees of Southwest singing his praises to their children and proudly showing them this photo. Smoking kills thousands of people every year. Please do not glorify it.


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MAXON: This one gives me pause because I'm a non-smoker and don't like to be around cigarettes. However, Herb Kelleher is always smoking. It is part of his persona.

I cannot pretend that he doesn't usually have a cigarette in his hand. I don't know that we should try to toss out the ones that show him smoking. But I'll pass on your request to the people who actually choose what photos go on dallasnews.com.

This isn't like one of those celebrity shots where a paparazzi caught someone guiltily sneaking a smoke. Mr. Kelleher doesn't sneak smokes; he glories in them.

Two stories about Herb and smoking:

1. He was speaking to an SMU air law symposium in the early 1990s. The person who introduced him made a fervent public plea: Herb, please give up smoking for your own good. We want you around for a long time.

When Herb reached the podium, he started out his speech by saying, "I hope you don't mind if I smoke. Because if I can't smoke, I'm not speaking."

2. At one annual meeting, Herb was flicking his Bic frequently to light the next cigarette. Finally, I noticed that he was flicking, but the Bic wasn't lighting. I looked at my watch to see how long it would take him to adjourn the shareholders' meeting. It took 52 seconds.

Herb defends his smoking by saying he has floppy arteries and needs the cigarettes to tighten them up.

But other readers, what do you think? Should we clean up Herb, take the cigarette out of his mouth on dallasnews.com?

Great. We finally get done with fawning all over Herb and now we seem to be going through the same thing with Colleen.


Scott (on an item about Colleen Barrett's stepping down as Southwest Airlines president)

MAXON: Sorry, I'm sure we still have some more fawning to do over Herb.
 
My favorite was after Herbs treatment for prostate surgery, when asked if he was worried about his smoking, he replied "I have never EVER smoked with my prostate".
 
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