<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : southwest airlines : XML WIDGET</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><link><id>41819</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/41819/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Woman Too Sexy For Southwest Airlines but Perfect for Playboy]]></title><description><![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;]]></description><comments>21</comments><score>296</score><crdate>11/16/2007 11:35:34 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-16T11:35:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>132651</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/132651/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Too Fat to Fly? Southwest Airlines Grounds Emery Orto ]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>75</score><crdate>9/8/2009 7:23:06 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-08T19:23:06+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>97269</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97269/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Passengers' anger over plane featuring bikini-clad model]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>14</comments><score>296</score><crdate>3/2/2009 9:51:08 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-02T21:51:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51881</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51881/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Southwest does it again - 2 girls claim they were banned for being &quot;too beautiful&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two girls claimed they were banned from flying Southwest because they were too pretty.<br/><br/>Oh yeah, they're from FLORIDA.]]></description><comments>23</comments><score>357</score><crdate>2/24/2008 3:13:06 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-24T15:13:06+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35522</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35522/1/</url><title><![CDATA[2nd passenger says Southwest made her cover up]]></title><description><![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>)]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>256</score><crdate>9/13/2007 9:30:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-13T09:30:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>26778</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26778/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Air fares going up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Southwest added as much as $10 to fares and other lines did the same.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>25</score><crdate>7/9/2007 9:46:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-09T21:46:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>129125</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129125/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Airlines reduce size of spoons to save fuel during recession]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>214</score><crdate>7/27/2009 2:37:01 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-07-27T02:37:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>65094</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65094/1/</url><title><![CDATA[To Save Fuel, Airlines Find No Speck Too Small]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>69</score><crdate>6/11/2008 1:54:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T13:54:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>41389</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41389/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Should the airlines have a Fat Tax?]]></title><description><![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?]]></description><comments>27</comments><score>299</score><crdate>11/11/2007 10:23:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-11T22:23:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>112783</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/112783/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The lengths airlines will go to make the headlines]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>217</score><crdate>5/8/2009 11:47:18 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-05-08T11:47:18+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>72998</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72998/1/</url><title><![CDATA[American Airlines fined $7.1 million for safety violations ]]></title><description><![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>]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>144</score><crdate>8/20/2008 6:30:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-20T18:30:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>65731</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65731/1/</url><title><![CDATA[So logical, yet the Airlines do the opposite]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>291</score><crdate>6/18/2008 12:10:50 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-18T00:10:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>127704</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/127704/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Plane Lands With Football-Sized Hole In Fuselage]]></title><description><![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!]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>257</score><crdate>7/14/2009 1:17:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-07-14T13:17:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>16236</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16236/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Airlines consider new seating layout]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>137</score><crdate>4/13/2007 12:50:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-13T12:50:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>6370</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/6370/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Airlines Segregating Children from Men]]></title><description><![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]]></description><comments>18</comments><score>37</score><crdate>11/23/2006 2:05:02 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-11-23T14:05:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18726</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18726/1/</url><title><![CDATA[American Airlines adding 1st-class perks]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>42</score><crdate>5/2/2007 6:44:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-02T06:44:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>82473</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82473/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obese have right to two seats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's two largest airlines must give disabled and morbidly obese passengers an extra free seat on domestic flights, beginning in January, after the Supreme Court of Canada refused Thursday to consider the carriers' appeal of a federal order.]]></description><comments>38</comments><score>515</score><crdate>11/21/2008 7:24:35 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-11-21T07:24:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1868</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1868/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Airlines offering better food.  For 1st class.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, well...that totally makes up for all the other difficulties of air travel.  I'll never buy another coach seat again.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-14</score><crdate>10/2/2006 1:48:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-02T13:48:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>95864</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/95864/1/</url><title><![CDATA[CNN doesn't know what Northwest Airlines serves.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peanuts.<br/><br/>Peanuts.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>178</score><crdate>2/22/2009 11:37:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-02-22T23:37:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>76036</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/76036/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Skyhigh Airlines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Execellence through compromise, make sure to check out the &quot;nicessities&quot; after you book your flight!]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>79</score><crdate>9/13/2008 7:21:33 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-13T07:21:33+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>