Southwest Finally Tosses Its Khaki Shorts
Employees helped create the airline’s first uniform overhaul in two decades.
New Southwest uniforms for flight attendants, gate and ticket agents.
Source: Southwest AirlinesSonya Lacore has wanted to see an update of Southwest’s uniforms since she began working as a flight attendant 15 years ago.
She’ll finally get her wish next year, when the carrier completes the first overhaul of its work attire since 1996. The two-year effort was overseen by Lacore, now Southwest’s vice president of cabin services, and involved more than 40 workers from all uniform-wearing employee groups.