by pure happenchance southwest airlines had just announced they were coming to philadelphia, my radio station was welcoming herb to philadelphia. they were holding a business breakfast at the marriott hotel in philadelphia. my responsibility that day was to literally do my morning radio program from the hallway outside the ballroom where 500 businesspeople at the invitation of our radio station would be there to welcome herb. during an extended commercial break, i was to run inside to the ballroom, go up to the podium, and be the person to introduce him to the crowd and to the city of philadelphia, run back out to the console and continue doing the radio show uninterrupted. that was my assignment for the day. a little footnote to the story, that did occur and i'll never forget when i walked up to the podium and i did the introduction, he comes up now and herb is a wonderful guy and a renegade, good fellow in my view. i have to stand around at the podium now for the obligatory handshake and photograph, and when i do he leans over and he whispers in my ear, may i smoke? and i said, pard

by pure happenchance southwest airlines had just announced they were coming