Postcards: A Religious Revival Aboard Southwest Flight 2578
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Dear Fellow Expat:
Southwest Airlines (LUV) flights from Baltimore to Ft. Myers offer the wildest religious experiences you could witness. You’ll become a true believer…
During preboarding on these Southwest flights, between 20 to 25 (largely retiree) passengers sit in wheelchairs and wait to board along the wall.
Before general boarding, gate agents wheel pre-boarders down the ramps. The planes are never on time due to the preboarding volume.
Because it’s “open seating,” these passengers always take the front seats of the plane, making an occasional groan or “Dad Sound” when sitting to emphasize their medical condition. From there, a quick two-hour flight comes and goes.
But when it’s time to get off the plane… after we land and taxi…
These travelers have a choice: They can either wait until other passengers deboard so they can receive wheel-chair assistance again… or they can stand and walk up the boarding ramps.
And, Oh, Holy Roller.
It’s as if they had touched the Han…
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