Kelleher was appointed Chairman of Southwest in 1978. Took directions from Uncle Herb? Where did you get that from? Kelleher's involvement with Southwest up until 1978 was almost exclusively legal and investment. He had no experience running an airline while Muse who came from Universal Airlines did. At 02:31 PM 26/02/2004 -0500, you wrote: >You have to remember though that Herb is one of the two founders of the >airline, the other being Rollin King. He has been the chairman for that >time, and took over day to day a few times until he handed it to Jim and >Colleen. Muse took no crap, but he took directions from Uncle Herb > >In a message dated 2/25/2004 11:42:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, >BraniffIntl writes: > > > It's all true...except the role of Herb was played by Lamar Muse, the first > > President of Southwest who didn't take any crap from the likes of Braniff, > > Texas International (what a joke) and Continental. Lamar was fiesty, > in your face > > and the right type of leader this upstart Texas carrier needed to succeed. > > After Muse left, Howard Putnam became President only to leave for > Braniff and > > bankruptcy. Then Herb became President even though he worked for the > airline > > from day one as legal counsel. You can read Lamar's > > version of the early days > > of Southwest in his book "Southwest Passage"