August 17, 2025

16. “This was about 35 years ago, when I was an air traffic controller assigned to the San Antonio Tower. The tower sat about 65 feet above the tarmac around the old terminal gates. It was a Saturday night, and not much was going on. Back then, Southwest Airlines parked its planes right below the tower and loaded and offloaded them via outdoor air stairs. Since it was after 10:00 p.m.