Swa In The Texas Handbook Online:

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This is a MUST READ for anyone who wants to understand the history of Southwest Airlines, it's certification by the Texas Aeronautics Commission, the plethora of legal challenges it faced just to get airborne, and the evolution of the Wright Amendment.

It's a very concise piece written as part of the Texas Handbook Online, a Texas History project of the University of Texas. Here's the link:

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online...es/SS/eps1.html