Another airline cut (this is a funny one-Southwest)

[DisneyAndRedSox]

From today's Boston Herald.

DALLAS — Limes made the cut as Southwest Airlines Co. expects to save $100,000 annually by no longer offering lemons in its beverage service.

Dallas-based Southwest says the lemon-less directive takes effect Oct. 1.

Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins said Wednesday that internal feedback indicated the carrier did not need to offer its current selection of limes and lemons.

The Dallas Morning News reports limes turned out to be favored by passengers.

Hawkins says, at the end of Southwest’s 3,200 daily flights, there was "an excess of lemons and needless waste."

Southwest announced the moneysaving move as the industry deals with declining traffic due to the economic slump.

Personally, I favor lemons over limes!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Well, then I guess your only options are (a) fly an airline that does serve lemons... until all other airlines follow Southwest's lead or (b) bring your own - remembering to have already sliced it, and to bring enough to share with the other lemon-lovers

 

[Tara]

ARGH, I hate Southwest!!!!! I'm never flying them again!!!






(if you don't know already, that is a joke)

 

[clkelley]

I have never had a lemon or a lime on ANY air flight I've ever taken, so what's the big deal??!!!

 

[goofy4tink]

Perfectly understandable....Bloody Mary's don't use lemons, they use limes. And there are a ton of fliers who want their Bloody's!!! Too funny....no lemons and EBCI......slippery slope SW is on!!

 

[twinklebug]

DALLAS — Limes made the cut as Southwest Airlines Co. expects to save $100,000 annually by no longer offering lemons in its beverage service.

Personally, I favor lemons over limes!

Supposing they got a bulk purchasing deal of 5/$1 that's a half of a million lemons! Dare I ask, what were they doing with all of them? (honestly, If we had even known about them my kids would have been sucking them down every flight - yea, makes me *shudder* too hehe )

This should yield new material for the comedy-inclined FAs

 

[Brer Chump]

You can't get any more lemons while you are flying on a lemon.

 

[disneyfaninaz]

Well, then I guess your only options are (a) fly an airline that does serve lemons... until all other airlines follow Southwest's lead or (b) bring your own - remembering to have already sliced it, and to bring enough to share with the other lemon-lovers

Would a lemon be considered a gel or liquid? Would I have to put it in my 3-1-1 baggie?

 

[shafke]

Would a lemon be considered a gel or liquid? Would I have to put it in my 3-1-1 baggie?

If the lemon has more than 3 oz of liquid it will not be permitted and would then be confiscated.