Episode 16: Donating Time, Talent & Tickets
Is This Seat Open?
English - June 22, 2021 19:53 - 6 minutes - 5.91 MB - ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsAviation Leisure Society & Culture Places & Travel leadership aviation corporate culture flying gary kelly southwest southwest airlines travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 15: A Flight For Her Life
Next Episode: Episode 17: Hedging Against Jet Fuel
Bill Baracani didn’t grow up with much, but he never had to worry if there would be food on the table. Through his volunteer work, Southwest Airlines Ramp Agent Bill discovered how fortunate he really was, and was inspired to save and dedicate almost all his time off to charity work. In this episode, we’ll hear about Bill Baracani’s passion for volunteer work, and how Southwest’s Tickets for Time program provides one free round trip ticket, up to six per year, for every 40 hours a Southwest employee spends volunteering at qualifying nonprofit organizations and schools.
For more stories on Southwest Airlines’ 50 years of flying and a look behind the scenes, check out latimes.com/isthisseatopen