And it was 1978 when the industry deregulated and WN experienced its true growth. 1982 was the big expansion year, when they hit CA, PHX, LAS and their other honey pots. Seems to me like Herb was the influence. And also, as one of the owners, I think he had a lot to do with what we could not see In a message dated 2/26/2004 8:25:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, iancaldwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > 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