apparently, pilots have the best names

Over the course of my job here at Southwest Airlines I see hundreds of pilot names. Some weeks ago I started keeping a list of the names that shine above the rest. Hopefully there will be more to come, but for now I give you volume 1 of Richard Scarry's BEST SOUTHWEST PILOT NAMES EVER!!!


Lex Brockington
(your local high school all american quarterback)

Bobby Schock
(your local Saturday morning cartoon kid superhero)

"Ghost" Cheatham
(he answers the phone "this is Ghost" and I always feel like I accidentally
called a fictitious undercover special ops assassin.)

JD Kettlestrings
(chicken in the breadpan, pickin' out dough)

Kevin Keninitz
(any name with 3 N's, 3 I's, 2 K's and a Z for good measure has to be fun to say)

Glyn Macpherson "Hux" Huxter
(I can't add anything to that.)

Walt "Gator" Grace
(Gator Grace? there's money in that if I could just figure out how)

Todd Pancake and Terrance Wafful
(yes, they have been known to fly together)


and my two personal favorites -

"Super" Johnny Zitnik and "Turbo" Johnny Zayas


by special request of my wife, we also include the Southwest Employee Shuttle Drivers, Stanley and Lafayette, two of the friendliest black gentlemen you could meet