<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : southwest airlines : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Woman Too Sexy For Southwest Airlines but Perfect for Playboy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/41819/1/" /><id>41819</id><summary><![CDATA[Woman Too Sexy For Southwest Airlines but Perfect for Playboy]]></summary><issued>2007-11-16T11:35:34+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-16T11:35:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Remember <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/35016/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kyla Ebbert</a>? She was the woman who was told by Southwest Airlines that her outfit was too sexy to be allowed on the plane. Where is she at now you ask?<br/>She has agreed to pose for Playboy for somewhere &quot;less than 6-figures&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Too Fat to Fly? Southwest Airlines Grounds Emery Orto ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/132651/1/" /><id>132651</id><summary><![CDATA[Too Fat to Fly? Southwest Airlines Grounds Emery Orto ]]></summary><issued>2009-09-08T19:23:06+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-08T19:23:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only one who has had to sit on an airplane next to a larger person. It&#8217;s not the best experience in the world, but this story made me think a second time on the topic. Meet Emery Orto who was essentially kicked off of a Southwest Airlines flight for being too fat to fly.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Passengers' anger over plane featuring bikini-clad model]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97269/1/" /><id>97269</id><summary><![CDATA[Passengers' anger over plane featuring bikini-clad model]]></summary><issued>2009-03-02T21:51:08+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-02T21:51:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Passengers are angry about being forced to fly on a new Southwest Airlines plane featuring a bikini-clad model, saying it is &quot;soft porn&quot; and is offensive to families.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Southwest does it again - 2 girls claim they were banned for being &quot;too beautiful&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51881/1/" /><id>51881</id><summary><![CDATA[Southwest does it again - 2 girls claim they were banned for being &quot;too beautiful&quot;]]></summary><issued>2008-02-24T15:13:06+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-24T15:13:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two girls claimed they were banned from flying Southwest because they were too pretty.<br/><br/>Oh yeah, they're from FLORIDA.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[2nd passenger says Southwest made her cover up]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35522/1/" /><id>35522</id><summary><![CDATA[2nd passenger says Southwest made her cover up]]></summary><issued>2007-09-13T09:30:42+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-13T09:30:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines employees made her cover up on a recent flight, leading jet-setters to ask: Will my outfit fly? <br/><br/>(<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/35016/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">link to first story</a>)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Air fares going up]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26778/1/" /><id>26778</id><summary><![CDATA[Air fares going up]]></summary><issued>2007-07-09T21:46:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-09T21:46:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Southwest added as much as $10 to fares and other lines did the same.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Airlines reduce size of spoons to save fuel during recession]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129125/1/" /><id>129125</id><summary><![CDATA[Airlines reduce size of spoons to save fuel during recession]]></summary><issued>2009-07-27T02:37:01+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-27T02:37:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Northwest Airlines has excluded spoons from its cutlery pack if the in-flight meal does not require one.<br/>Another carrier, JAL of Japan shaved a fraction of a centimetre off all its cutlery to cut weight. <br/><br/>Other carriers have come up with all sorts of ingenious initiatives to shift the flab off their aircraft.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[To Save Fuel, Airlines Find No Speck Too Small]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65094/1/" /><id>65094</id><summary><![CDATA[To Save Fuel, Airlines Find No Speck Too Small]]></summary><issued>2008-06-11T13:54:23+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-11T13:54:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The nation&#8217;s airlines are scrutinizing every step of their operations, from the tarmac to the sky, and from the nose to the tail of their planes, searching for new ways to cut their soaring fuel bills.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Should the airlines have a Fat Tax?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41389/1/" /><id>41389</id><summary><![CDATA[Should the airlines have a Fat Tax?]]></summary><issued>2007-11-11T22:23:53+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-11T22:23:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[OBESE airline passengers should be forced to pay a &quot;fat tax&quot; to cover the cost of transporting their excess weight, according to a controversial proposal by health experts. Currently you have to pay extra for heavier luggage to cover the additional expense. Obese passengers also increases the airlines' expenses. Is it fair to make the obese pay or to spread the cost amongst all fliers?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The lengths airlines will go to make the headlines]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/112783/1/" /><id>112783</id><summary><![CDATA[The lengths airlines will go to make the headlines]]></summary><issued>2009-05-08T11:47:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-08T11:47:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[From naked flights to rapping cabin staff, airlines will try just about anything for a little publicity. Here are a dozen of the most desperate efforts.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[American Airlines fined $7.1 million for safety violations ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72998/1/" /><id>72998</id><summary><![CDATA[American Airlines fined $7.1 million for safety violations ]]></summary><issued>2008-08-20T18:30:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-20T18:30:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[American Airlines was aware that appropriate repairs were needed, and instead deferred maintenance. Because of their willful disregard for basic safety they have been fined over $7 million.<br/><br/><i>Too bad they don't have a safety manager who can ensure such things don't happen. I wonder where they may find one...</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[So logical, yet the Airlines do the opposite]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65731/1/" /><id>65731</id><summary><![CDATA[So logical, yet the Airlines do the opposite]]></summary><issued>2008-06-18T00:10:50+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-18T00:10:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I found this article to be a great example of why airlines tend to go bankrupt.  They do the opposite of what is logical.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Plane Lands With Football-Sized Hole In Fuselage]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/127704/1/" /><id>127704</id><summary><![CDATA[Plane Lands With Football-Sized Hole In Fuselage]]></summary><issued>2009-07-14T13:17:17+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-14T13:17:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines Co. inspected about 200 planes overnight after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a jet in flight, forcing an emergency landing in West Virginia.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Hole_Rips_Through_Plane_Fuselage.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Check out the hole!!!</a><br/><br/>Yikes!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Airlines consider new seating layout]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16236/1/" /><id>16236</id><summary><![CDATA[Airlines consider new seating layout]]></summary><issued>2007-04-13T12:50:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-13T12:50:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Elbow wars over precious armrest space could become a thing of the past for flight passengers as airlines consider a new seating layout which would have some travellers facing the back of the plane.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Airlines Segregating Children from Men]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/6370/1/" /><id>6370</id><summary><![CDATA[Airlines Segregating Children from Men]]></summary><issued>2006-11-23T14:05:02+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-23T14:05:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[British Airways, along with a growing number of airlines have policies which forbid the seating of a male adult next to an unaccompanied child. They will force one of the two to move seats under the belief that all men are dangerous]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[American Airlines adding 1st-class perks]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18726/1/" /><id>18726</id><summary><![CDATA[American Airlines adding 1st-class perks]]></summary><issued>2007-05-02T06:44:20+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-02T06:44:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[American Airlines is offering free on-demand video and audio entertainment for first- and business-class passengers on transcontinental flights and will test a media player on some flights between Los Angeles and Chicago.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[CNN doesn't know what Northwest Airlines serves.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/95864/1/" /><id>95864</id><summary><![CDATA[CNN doesn't know what Northwest Airlines serves.]]></summary><issued>2009-02-22T23:37:13+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-22T23:37:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Peanuts.<br/><br/>Peanuts.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Skyhigh Airlines]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/76036/1/" /><id>76036</id><summary><![CDATA[Skyhigh Airlines]]></summary><issued>2008-09-13T07:21:33+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-13T07:21:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Execellence through compromise, make sure to check out the &quot;nicessities&quot; after you book your flight!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[American Airlines claims accusations of faulty life saving equipment false.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/52003/1/" /><id>52003</id><summary><![CDATA[American Airlines claims accusations of faulty life saving equipment false.]]></summary><issued>2008-02-25T17:21:48+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-25T17:21:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Claims that a woman died because the American plane had empty O2 bottles and a malfunctioning defribrillator are not true, according to AA.<br/><br/>Follow-up to Dolly's earlier post.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Southwest Caves Reveal New Forms of Life]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/113667/1/" /><id>113667</id><summary><![CDATA[Southwest Caves Reveal New Forms of Life]]></summary><issued>2009-05-12T10:05:01+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-12T10:05:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Southwestern caves have been little studied, and scientists are now finding that these lightless and nutrient-poor natural systems are home to life forms found nowhere else on Earth.]]></content></entry></items></xml>