Airline executive. Education; background in accounting; executive experiences with Trans-Texas airways; American Airlines, Southern Airways, Central Airlines (merged with Frontier), Universal Airlines; presidency of Southwest Airlines; legal battles; growth and expansion; advertising; relations with Dallas and Fort Worth city governments; competition with other airlines; efficiency of Southwest Airlines; fare price wars; views on government regulations, subsidies, environmentalists; comments about Dallas-Fort Worth Airport; factors in growth and success of Southwest Airlines; attitudes toward organized labor; Texas economic climate and entrepreneurship.