i've never flown southwest before. i always thought of it as a substandard airline. (i don't know why...i have no basis for that conclusion.) but!! did you know that they have 6 sets of rows facing each other, like on a train? wouldn't that be the best if you're traveling with 5 of your friends? perhaps i speak too soon....because on the way from nashville pretty much the whole plane got off except for me and 6 other people and only 25 more people came on to continue on to oakland. ??!!!!!!!! YESSSS!!! *arm pump* we each had two whole rows each!!! how great is that on a long flight? of course, that's rare and will probably never ever happen to me again and for all i know every single subsequent southwest flight i take will be late or horribly crowded or will lose my luggage. but let's not think about that and think about how i got to sleep laying down all the way to california. makes up for the smelly guy that sat at the end of my row on the way to nashville and the guy that kept ripping farts after he drank 4 beers and ate a turkey sandwich. GROSS!!....why do i always get stuck next to stinky people?