Full Video: Incoming Southwest CEO Robert Jordan at Skift Global Forum 2021


Skift Take

Southwest Airline's incoming CEO says he has a "bias for action." That's not a bad trait to have in an environment where everything has changed in the last 18 months.

Southwest Airlines incoming CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Jordan spoke with Airline Weekly Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan at Skift Global Forum 2021. The two discussed the theme “Aviation’s Inflection Point: How the U.S. Moves Forward From Here.” 

You can watch a full video of their discussion as well as read a transcript of it, below.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/QryQuPoRK1c

Madhu Unnikrishnan: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today, and thank you for all of you who are listening online. Thank you, Bob, for joining us.

Robert Jordan: Hey, you're welcome. Thanks for having me.

Unnikrishnan: I'm thrilled to actually see you in person, it's been a few years.

Jordan: Well, but the last year and a half, feel like about five years, right?

Unnikrishnan: Right.

Jordan: We can't count it that way, but I think it's been four years since we've been together.

Unnikrishnan