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Old Mar 8, 2010, 9:19 am
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Question Penguins. In the front row. With handlers.
There are two penguins in the front seat of flight 959 (8:20a SAN->OAK). Apparently they will be walked around the plane later. Is this a common occurrence? I didn't see anything on the Southwest twitter account and haven't been able to find any information in general.
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Old Mar 8, 2010, 10:34 am
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Here's an article on blogsouthwest about another flight with penguins.
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Old Mar 8, 2010, 12:31 pm
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Yup, that's Penny and Pete from SeaWorld. They have been flying with us for all of the 15 years I have been with Southwest.
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Old Mar 8, 2010, 12:37 pm
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Awesome!

Originally Posted by rsoderberg
Is this a common occurrence?
This is part of why I love Southwest. On any other airline, one would probably automatically assume it was not normal. But on Southwest, you never know.
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Old Mar 8, 2010, 1:02 pm
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Do the penguins have to buy EB? Can one penguin be a CP holder and take along his other penguin friend? Can they board together at the lower boarding number?

Inquiring minds need to know.
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Old Mar 8, 2010, 2:35 pm
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Since the FA's have been the Riddlers and the Jokers, it was only a matter of time before The Penguin came aboard. Who next ? +1 for Catwoman.
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Old Mar 8, 2010, 10:55 pm
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do they fly all day or was it just a site transfer for the little couple? I'm sure a lot of business travelers got a kick out of it and had something to talk to their clients about, but I'm betting it would make a the tail end of a long weekend flight with kids go soooo much faster.
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 7:39 am
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I've wanted to fly with Pete and Penny forever.

Is there anyway of knowing in advance what flights they will be on? A donation to the southwest charity?

I remeber several years ago there was a thread regarding how the penguins would need to get by TSA.
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 11:55 am
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 12:08 pm
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Does anyone know WHY the penquins regularly fly on Southwest? I can understand a one time flight to move them to a new home/zoo, but don't understand the repeated, routine penquin flights. lol
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 1:22 pm
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Originally Posted by benolathe
Does anyone know WHY the penquins regularly fly on Southwest? I can understand a one time flight to move them to a new home/zoo, but don't understand the repeated, routine penquin flights. lol
Their wings are too small to fly themselves south for the winter.
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 1:30 pm
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Originally Posted by benolathe
Does anyone know WHY the penquins regularly fly on Southwest? I can understand a one time flight to move them to a new home/zoo, but don't understand the repeated, routine penquin flights. lol
PR and marketing for both SeaWorld and WN.
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 1:53 pm
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Do the penguins every fly on one of the Shamu planes?
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 1:55 pm
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Does anyone know WHY the penquins regularly fly on Southwest?
They like the flexible schedule.
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Old Mar 9, 2010, 2:08 pm
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I thought the flight would involve PIT.
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