[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 160 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF CAPTAIN CARL KUWITZKY, PRESIDENT OF THE 
             SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS' ASSOCIATION (SWAPA)

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                           HON. JOHN L. MICA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 7, 2010

  Mr. MICA. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the accomplishments of 
Captain Carl Kuwitzky, President of the Southwest Airlines Pilots' 
Association (SWAPA). Captain Kuwitzky will retire as SWAPA President on 
December 31, 2010 after serving two terms leading the organization 
which represents Southwest Airlines' nearly 6,000 pilots.
  An Oklahoma native, Captain Kuwitzky has been a pilot at Southwest 
Airlines since July, 1983. Captain Kuwitzky's distinguished service 
with SWAPA also includes time as the association's vice president from 
2006-2008, as a member of the Board of Directors representing the 
Phoenix and Houston Hobby Airports, and as Chairman of Southwest 
Airlines' Scheduling and Air Safety Committees. During his 
distinguished career at Southwest he also served as a member of the 
negotiating and merger committees during the airline's acquisition of 
Muse Air in 1986.
  Madam Speaker, Southwest Airlines has grown to become a leader of the 
U.S. and global airline industry and has provided significant benefit 
to my home state of Florida. Captain Carl Kuwitzky's played an integral 
role in this growth and the benefits it has provided to Southwest 
Airlines, the traveling public, the airline industry and the millions 
of Americans who take to the skies each year.
  My colleagues, please join me in recognizing the service of Captain 
Kuwitzky, for we are all better and safer today because of his 
outstanding leadership.

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