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Southwest airlines gets a good "rap".

For those of you who've flown Southwest Airlines before, you know they don't do things quite traditionally. Typically, when the flight attendants stand up at the beginning of the flight to give you instructions, they'll go "off script" a little.

Once when flying, they told us that this was a no-smoking flight, and anyone caught smoking would be asked to sit in the designated smoking area... "out on the wing".

On this particular flight, the flight attendant, Robert, asked the passengers to begin clapping hands to a simple straight-foward beet, and then began "rapping" out the flight instructions... he enthusiastically rapped:

Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap

This is flight 3-7-2 on S.W.A.

The flight attendants on-board serving you today

Theresa in the middle, David in the back

My name is Robert and I'm here to tell you that:

Shortly after takeoff, first things first

there's soft drinks and coffee to quench your thirst,

but if you want another kinda drink, then just holler

alcoholic beverages'll be four dollars

if a "monster" energy drink is your plan

that'll be three dollars and you get the whole can

we won't take your cash, you gotta pay with plastic

if you have a coupon, then that's fantastic

we know you're ready, to get to new places

open up the vents, put away your suit cases

carryon items go under the seat

so none of you have things by your feet

if you have a seat in a row by an exit

we're gonna talk to ya, so you might as well expect it

you gotta help evacuate in case we need you

if you don't wanna, then we're gonna re-seat you!

Before we leave, our advice is:

put away all of your E-lectronic devices

fasten your seatbelts, then put your trays up

press the button to make your seat back raise-up

sit back, relax, have a good time

it's almost time to go, so I'm done with the rhyme

thank you for the fact that I wasn't ignored

this is Southwest Airlines, Welcome Aboard!

ALAN MAY, Realtor®
Specializing in Evanston Real Estate and North Shore Real Estate
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Posted by Alan May, Coldwell Banker Evanston Realtor, North Shore Realtor on 03/19/2009 10:09 AM

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22 Comments on Southwest airlines gets a good "rap".

MAR

Alan, that is hilarious, but I bet the passengers were actually listening because of the novel approach.

I just flew to Mississippi from Vegas - the pilot pretended that we were flying to Hawaii, kept promising that we would be seeing the beaches out the window any minute - it was fun.

LOL... I can imagine that lone passenger, Virigina, making his way home to Mississippi, having slept through the entire flight... waking up toward the end of the flight, only to hear the pilot over the loudspeaker "Ladies and Gentlemen, we're preparing to descend into Honoloulou international airport where the temerature is a balmy 85 degrees and the suft is up at the beach!"

Hilarious!

Alan - Now that sounds like the type of flight I'd love to take. Sounds like they are putting the "fly" back in flying.

Alan... My wife and I were on a flight to Florida Recently, while getting on the plane the head-steward pulled me a side and said can we have a bit of fun with you on the flight. I said I'm in, I have been on enough Southwest flights to know the comedy routine is part of the Seat-belt and flotation instructions.

So the Guy does his thing and said by the way we have a celebrity on board Row 4-seat C...Mr John Schneider of Dukes of Hazard- Fame, this went on for the whole flight and as I de-planed I heard a few passenger say he is shorter and heavier in person...Thanks Southwest...Funny

John..?

LMAO@ Steve...at least they didn't name you as the celebrity 'Richard Simmons'.

Jason - definitely a 'fly guy'

Steve - I'm surprised nobody asked for an autograph, from the shorter, aging star.

I remember the SWA flight I referred to, in miy first paragraph went something like this:

"There is no smoking in the cabin on this flight. There is also no smoking in the bathrooms. If we see smoke coming from the bathrooms, we will assume that you are on fire and will put you into one of the two smoking sections on this flight, one outside each wing exit.

We will have a movie in the smoking sections tonight 'Gone with the Wind.' "

Cynthia - hah... Richard Simmons!

I hope the rap wasn't as hard to understand as rap music in general. None of it is recognizable by poor me. Funny blog again, however!

That's great, it's fun when a airline staff can have fun in the air. It must make their flight go quicker to

Barbara - the text for the rap was in the post. If you didn't have trouble understanding what I wrote... then it was understandable.

Verico - I agree... when the attendants are in a good mood, all goes better.

That's one way to get the people to listen to the same old same old pre take off speech!!!

Craig - creative AND informative!

Very creative! Thanks for sharing.

I am so enjoying your new fab photo Alan, is it new?

Caron - thanks... I thought so too.

Cynthia - why thanks for noticing... I'm using a new barber.

Hey Alan so are they dressing the part of a rapper pulling their uniform pants down to their knees? Are teh girls wearing alot of bling?

Alfonse - I just saw the footage of this the other day and loved it. For someone who has flown a lot, I know how easy it is to tune out those instructions when you get on the plane. How could you not listen to this guy? One of the many things Southwest is doing right in my opinion. Make it interesting and someone might just pay enough attention to save a life.

Alfonse - Oh yeah, forgot to mention...this might be my new favorite of your avatars. How long will it stay I wonder.

MAR

When we lived in Texas in the early days of SW, we used to fly from Dallas to Houston, for I THINK $15. Might have been $20. It was fun to fly then, fun to fly now...

Matt ~ don't encourage Alan's obsession with phat Elvis! ;-)

Alan ~ I hate to say it, but I still remember the early days of Southwest: 21-year-old stewardesses (no males, ever!), and all wearing hot-pants! On business flights between Dallas/Houston/San Antonio, it was always a brawl over the aisle seats. LOL

Larry - no, he was dressed conservatively...

Matt - I think that's the idea... mix it up, and people might actually listen. I like this Elvis too... who knows how long he'll stick around, Elvis is a bit unpredictable.

Cheryl - my girls used to fly back and forth for college (not that long ago), Chicago to Columbus, Ohio round trip for $59... and ocassionally they'd have a special for $39... honestly I think it would cost more than that to drive.

Randy - I'm not phat, I'm just drawn that way. I do remember that... they were Hooters in the air.

Alan this is really funny and I have to say I am a fan of the Airline, I do remember when the "attendants" wore hot pants too... Oh and your new pic is great, I know you change it as often as i do my own on FB but this one is a classic! BTW, I once met the founder Herb Kelleher and he was an incredibly interesting person (He haslo had his own private stock of "Wild Turkey" bottled especially for him and the stories go on and on!

You said, "HOOTERS"...Thank you!

Russell - I'd love to tap into that private stock of Wild Turkey.

(and yes, I did say hooters)

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