Southwest Airlines and “Red Friday”

Robert Bluey has a great post up about Southwest Airlines’ decision to encourage their employees to show their patriotism on Fridays by wearing red:

Southwest Airlines is taking patriotism to a new level. My favorite airline has stepped to the forefront of the Red Fridays campaign, which encourages Americans to wear red on Fridays in a show of support for our troops.

This post on Southwest’s blog explains why the company has embraced the Red Fridays idea as a voluntary way of showing support. A spokeswoman for Southwest told me that at the height of the current conflict, Southwest had 173 employees called to serve, 79 of who remain on military leave. So now when you see a Southwest employee wearing a red shirt, you’ll know why.

Read more about what Red Friday is all about at the Bluegrass Military Affairs Coaltion website.

I’ll be wearing red to work on Friday in honor of all our troops, especially this week for the nine from the 82nd Airborne (based here in NC) who were KIA earlier this week.