What Happens to Old Plane Seats? Southwest's Answer

Flying questions may plague travelers. Aircraft stay aloft how? How do flight attendants become hired? Is drinking airplane tap water dangerous?

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Southwest Airlines answers a subject you may not have considered: Where do jet seats go when remodeled?

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Southwest tweeted, “Did you know that every Southwest airplane receives a full aircraft overhaul every four years?

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In another tweet, it said it has contributed over “1.4 million pounds of leather aircraft seat coverings to various organizations that provide

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employment, skills training and other social benefits for communities” since 2014. These include Tropical Agricultural

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Southwest partners with Unshattered, which makes travel bags and accessories from carrier leather.

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The nonprofit employs recovering women to create "pathways toward economic independence and sustained sobriety."

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