How RUBBER CHICKENS Saved Southwest Airlines MILLIONS of Dollars

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  • How RUBBER CHICKENS Saved Southwest Airlines MILLIONS of Dollars
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  • @LuxPlanes
    @LuxPlanes  Рік тому +788

    I hope they are still there to this day!
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    • @chumpnorcs4677
      @chumpnorcs4677 Рік тому +20

      just asked my dad, who is a sw captain, and he can confirm the chickens are still there to this day!

    • @TerminalBAviation
      @TerminalBAviation Рік тому +6

      Also AlmostCaptainMorgan said they are still there!

    • @Ben_Kunz
      @Ben_Kunz Рік тому

      Is this a late april fools joke?

    • @theplanesdude
      @theplanesdude Рік тому +1

      ​@@Ben_Kunz nop it's actually true

    • @menkiguo7805
      @menkiguo7805 Рік тому

      disliked

  • @agentwanda4103
    @agentwanda4103 Рік тому +4907

    ‘And then, a thousand rubber chickens appeared in the boss’s office. The boss was not seen again.’

  • @D1M1T
    @D1M1T Рік тому +2367

    This feels like a April fools joke

    • @Normal3247
      @Normal3247 Рік тому +108

      april fools passed man🗿

    • @LuxPlanes
      @LuxPlanes  Рік тому +357

      It’s 100% true :)

    • @Normal3247
      @Normal3247 Рік тому +43

      ​@@LuxPlanes u made not only good video and respond to every comment

    • @Normal3247
      @Normal3247 Рік тому +13

      ​@@LuxPlanes keep the work up

    • @LuxPlanes
      @LuxPlanes  Рік тому +20

      @@Normal3247 thank you so much :))) very kind of you!!

  • @CenTexAviation
    @CenTexAviation Рік тому +675

    Round of applause for those rubber chickens! 👏👏👏

    • @Veekerii
      @Veekerii Рік тому +9

      👏👏

    • @LuxPlanes
      @LuxPlanes  Рік тому +47

      Haha yea totally saving the day for southwest!!

    • @CenTexAviation
      @CenTexAviation Рік тому +6

      @@LuxPlanes Absolutely!

    • @AndiManalili
      @AndiManalili Рік тому

      @@Veekerii clap clap 👏👏

    • @thelightstickclub
      @thelightstickclub Місяць тому

      @@LuxPlaneswooooo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @patrickhung1390
    @patrickhung1390 Рік тому +1724

    How does a $20,000,000 simulator use some $3 rubber chickens lol

    • @tita123cool7
      @tita123cool7 Рік тому +107

      cuz it fake

    • @EM-wp5vy
      @EM-wp5vy Рік тому +18

      ​ like your life😂

    • @flx0o0o0
      @flx0o0o0 Рік тому +27

      @@EM-wp5vy bro chill it‘s youtube

    • @EM-wp5vy
      @EM-wp5vy Рік тому

      @@flx0o0o0 bro im allowed to say "dumbass" yt is 13plus

    • @11am2
      @11am2 Рік тому +30

      Could be some funny stuff with weight distribution

  • @mk2eplayer
    @mk2eplayer Рік тому +72

    Toy story lore is that those rubber chickens actually do maintenance on the simulators

  • @SixSilverStones
    @SixSilverStones Рік тому +257

    Gotta love the aviation community, that’s awesome

    • @LuxPlanes
      @LuxPlanes  Рік тому +15

      It really is :D

    • @Tommorows-Dream
      @Tommorows-Dream 9 місяців тому

      @@LuxPlanes I wonder how they decided to choose rubber chickens

  • @tram_modmaster
    @tram_modmaster Рік тому +103

    My proof if my friends say that rubber chickens aren't lucky: *this video*

  • @sirilluminarthevaliant2895
    @sirilluminarthevaliant2895 Рік тому +383

    This is aviation logic at its finest something is wrong. Adjust some things. Problem fixed. Start removing adjustments. Problem back. Undo last change

    • @untrouble8191
      @untrouble8191 11 місяців тому +1

      But chicken.

    • @ultradeady
      @ultradeady 8 місяців тому

      Me when i do crap in paint :
      *aviation flashback* ctrl + z

  • @houndddogsss
    @houndddogsss Рік тому +43

    There has to be some kind of explanation for this

  • @FlappingThomas
    @FlappingThomas Рік тому +53

    All hail the rubber chicken

    • @LuxPlanes
      @LuxPlanes  Рік тому +10

      Quackkkk

    • @CutGaming97
      @CutGaming97 Рік тому +5

      ​@@LuxPlanesquack? The duck goes quack, the chicken goes cocodè or chichirichì ( the roaster) 😂😂 cocodè cocodè hahahahahaha

    • @lovelygirl2888
      @lovelygirl2888 Рік тому +2

      Underrated

    • @thomastubev
      @thomastubev Рік тому

      @@lovelygirl2888 Yeah (but to be fair I am literally the same person lol)

  • @WyattSteward-dg7kt
    @WyattSteward-dg7kt Рік тому +45

    My dad is a southwest pilot and I got to go inside the sim room and I can confirm this is 100% true.

    • @asukashinohara5604
      @asukashinohara5604 Рік тому +3

      Woah for real??? Are they up there till this day? :P

    • @ConsoleCraze190
      @ConsoleCraze190 10 місяців тому +3

      @@asukashinohara5604yes there is pictures with a long yellow thing most likely the rubber chickens

    • @taniaewing8513
      @taniaewing8513 6 місяців тому

      Yeah ive been there aswell the chickens are 100% there and i even got to tour one of the sims

  • @josh.97
    @josh.97 Рік тому +89

    Southwest just can’t afford to actually fix the sims

    • @benstone217
      @benstone217 Рік тому +26

      They did. They fixed it with chickens

    • @josh.97
      @josh.97 Рік тому +2

      @@benstone217 good point

    • @harridan.
      @harridan. Рік тому +2

      But Sully hit a goose!

    • @josh.97
      @josh.97 Рік тому +2

      @@harridan. animal a-goose?

    • @FAZBENT
      @FAZBENT Рік тому

      the chickens did

  • @CasuallyYobudwilson
    @CasuallyYobudwilson Рік тому +8

    "quack....." Last words before the chicken saved them

  • @Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmc

    Ruber chickens: when am I gonna go home to feed my kids?

    • @DRAGONH3XA5
      @DRAGONH3XA5 Рік тому +1

      Um, Ummmmm… 😳, in 1,000,000,000 years! -Southwest

  • @sushicat493
    @sushicat493 Рік тому +1

    1 Rubber Chicken = Millions Of Dollars Saved😂

  • @antsukrach7225
    @antsukrach7225 6 місяців тому +1

    EMPLOYEES: let's hang a rubber chicken for good luck
    Boss :GET THOSE RUBBER CHIKEN OFF

  • @Groter231rtwt_2
    @Groter231rtwt_2 11 місяців тому +2

    Give an rubber chicken an oscar

  • @darkwolfe6986
    @darkwolfe6986 Рік тому +1

    Someone is secretly sabotaging the simulators just so they can hang rubber chickens everywhere 😋

  • @kyledenverzarate7899
    @kyledenverzarate7899 Рік тому +1

    imagine your company dying and one little rubber chicken saved it

  • @CanadaPlayz48
    @CanadaPlayz48 Рік тому +6

    I wonder if people squeeze those rubber chickens for fun before training

    • @LuxPlanes
      @LuxPlanes  Рік тому +3

      Haha me too, I would wanna do that XD

    • @samuelraposo4186
      @samuelraposo4186 Рік тому

      @@LuxPlanesthat chickens are the ba- of the simulator ;_;

  • @Hopeless_and_Forlorn
    @Hopeless_and_Forlorn Рік тому +1

    Rubber chickens and prayer are equally effective, but rubber chickens are more fun.

  • @somerandomdude1769
    @somerandomdude1769 Рік тому +1

    Rubber chickens after this: *STONKS* 📈📈📈📈

  • @Oklahomaaviationshorts1123
    @Oklahomaaviationshorts1123 11 місяців тому +1

    I Saw a Rubber Chicken hanging on The Nose of a C-47 Skytrain at Altus AFB

  • @SteveMcAren39
    @SteveMcAren39 Рік тому +2

    I'm imagining the Southwest CEO making requests to Boeing to add rubber chickens somewhere inside of the cockpit or airframe for good luck which is why Southwest airlines is one of the best in our country

  • @captain-generalothinus3640
    @captain-generalothinus3640 Рік тому +1

    When you have to use the most goofy ahh way to appease the Machine Spirit

  • @CookiebruhorsomethingN
    @CookiebruhorsomethingN Рік тому +1

    Guess the “AAAAAAH!” Tells the engineers that their short fix need to happen

  • @trailblazer2001
    @trailblazer2001 Рік тому +1

    The person who had the idea is the culprit

  • @WoF_edits
    @WoF_edits 11 місяців тому

    Me with a 2 foot screaming chicken in my room

  • @CessnaAviation
    @CessnaAviation 3 місяці тому

    imagine the torture the chickens are going through just for pilots to fly (no wonder why captain sully had to deal with birds, it’s an act of revenge!)

  • @vatira
    @vatira Рік тому +1

    Ive been to southwest headquarters and I can confirm! Every employee knows the story, its also rly good symbolism for their fun work culture, amazing company

  • @MrCoOlbEaNs83
    @MrCoOlbEaNs83 Рік тому +2

    i need the chickens

  • @Randomfactsofwar
    @Randomfactsofwar Рік тому +2

    The boss: take down the chickens, they look stupid
    Some random pilot 5 seconds later: hey, the simulator is broken again
    The boss: get the chickens

  • @VoxelMoon
    @VoxelMoon 10 місяців тому

    Bro got a "totem of no-unluckyness"

  • @SpeedyIsGoated
    @SpeedyIsGoated Рік тому +1

    ALL HAIL RUBBER CHICKENS

  • @Superdurpurcool
    @Superdurpurcool Рік тому +9

    So basically God bless them with rubber chickens so there $20.000 flight simulators won’t break

  • @Dallascmiller_99
    @Dallascmiller_99 11 місяців тому +1

    Evryone probably went to my future airline and airplane

  • @kyyzh12
    @kyyzh12 10 місяців тому

    plot twist: chickens are actually aliens and they have the power to destroy anything they want, but for some reason they only like destroying flight simulators. The chickens that were hung up were a repellant as they did not want to destroy their own species.

  • @mensuraksakal1065
    @mensuraksakal1065 Рік тому

    Do not anger the chicken lord he will curse any airline with bad luck

  • @Elzrydo
    @Elzrydo 10 місяців тому

    The fact they did it in hopes for “good luck”, and it WORKED…
    Those rubber chickens gotta have some magic in them

  • @Brendan.P
    @Brendan.P 3 місяці тому

    Plot twist: someone was sabotaging the simulators until they put the rubber chickens back

  • @atlas2061
    @atlas2061 9 місяців тому

    The boss being deposed by rubber chickens

  • @blueishturbostudios1912
    @blueishturbostudios1912 Рік тому +13

    That left me hanging 💀

  • @LevenZ69
    @LevenZ69 Рік тому +1

    Aviation at its finest, something breaks, change something, change it back, hreaks again, undo thr changes

  • @ninethetwotailedfox
    @ninethetwotailedfox 7 місяців тому

    and then the chickens drowned said ‘boss’ in 6000 rubber chickens and he died shortly after.

  • @CarrotVR22
    @CarrotVR22 Рік тому

    It’s actually really funny that if you look under the flight simulator you see a rubber chicken just looking at you

  • @Heron381
    @Heron381 29 днів тому

    Chickens: help me (boss: ok)

  • @meiginora6414
    @meiginora6414 11 місяців тому

    “Real footage”
    Got me off lackin💀

  • @LHE2314
    @LHE2314 7 місяців тому

    in the future: "this is how a man blinking saved everyone from world war 3" 💀💀

  • @銃翼
    @銃翼 7 місяців тому

    “I have explosive diarrhea-Let me explain!”

  • @American_Mane
    @American_Mane 10 місяців тому

    Bro I can imagine the person saying
    "Alr so we waste almost all of our money for rubber chickens then we shove it inside the engine

  • @ThePoptardedtj
    @ThePoptardedtj Рік тому +2

    Machines have a mind of their own. Take away their toy and the become mad!

  • @SergentNuggetYT
    @SergentNuggetYT 3 місяці тому +1

    Me hearing the furst sentence 🫠🫠🫥😶😶‍🌫️😅😅

  • @DarkLightO1
    @DarkLightO1 6 місяців тому

    the boss be raging

  • @W.D_Gaster625
    @W.D_Gaster625 Рік тому

    Those rubber chickens got themselves quite the job there, and so long as those simulators dont fall over, theyll have done it right

  • @davidloco1215
    @davidloco1215 Рік тому +6

    Damn, I there a reason though?

  • @Tiding_up
    @Tiding_up Рік тому

    Boss: “IHATE CHICKEN💀 💀 💀 💀”

  • @afiqfshah4464
    @afiqfshah4464 Рік тому

    The boss is like what do we do to stop the flight simulator from breaking and the employee is like let’s use rubber chicknes

  • @Spyke-lz2hl
    @Spyke-lz2hl Рік тому

    I feel like southwest has more than 8 simulators now.

  • @manuelyseyde87
    @manuelyseyde87 Рік тому +1

    My brother went to California and he went on that and also miss my brother😢😢😢

  • @Dallascmiller_99
    @Dallascmiller_99 11 місяців тому +1

    Everyone probably went to delta airlines

  • @pienerwiener8514
    @pienerwiener8514 Рік тому +1

    How are you gonna pay $20,000,000 dollars and have that many issues when you can get logictech gear for a lot less and have no issues

  • @SumbAsd
    @SumbAsd Рік тому

    did you know that southwest are one of the biggest airlines in Colorado because of how trusted they are?

  • @junescol4926
    @junescol4926 Рік тому

    POV: you play games with broken logic

  • @lil_big.pesi-jo
    @lil_big.pesi-jo Рік тому +2

    The duck gods have blessed them

  • @Dallascmiller_99
    @Dallascmiller_99 11 місяців тому +1

    I know the headquarters are in Denver but I didn’t see them and i think only workers are allowed in there not passengers

  • @Obi-wan171
    @Obi-wan171 10 місяців тому

    Realizes that the guy who wanted the chickens broke it

  • @Xeathen
    @Xeathen Рік тому

    I just can imagine it. " remove that garbage!" *craShhh*

  • @user-xz8er7bm9o
    @user-xz8er7bm9o Рік тому

    This is the most random hilarious fact I have ever heard 😂

  • @Xeathen
    @Xeathen Рік тому

    God is using spare time to keep this meme alive.

  • @CAT3_V1
    @CAT3_V1 Рік тому +1

    Do you think the rubber chickens can fix my problems

  • @Gracell0
    @Gracell0 11 місяців тому

    Looks like the curse just wants rubber chickens

  • @Okay-bd4ix
    @Okay-bd4ix Рік тому

    *_*Visible Confusion*_*

  • @viridian4573
    @viridian4573 Рік тому +2

    Well, that explains a lot.

  • @alexbarrett3683
    @alexbarrett3683 10 місяців тому

    You mess with the chicken you get the squeak-🐤

  • @doge151.
    @doge151. 7 місяців тому

    southwest be going crazy ☠️

  • @jamesm0823
    @jamesm0823 Рік тому

    Nah, someone must have been sabotaging, stopped when the chickens got hung up, resumed sabotaging after they were taken down, then stopped when they were permanently put back up.

  • @KEyjS-xu4dl
    @KEyjS-xu4dl Рік тому +1

    I HOPE THEY ARE OKAY 😢😢😢

  • @Ph1syc
    @Ph1syc Рік тому

    This is a lot like game development, like you can place a tin can out of bounds for testing but if you dare to remove it later in development everything will brake down and light on fire

  • @amberbushman7997
    @amberbushman7997 11 місяців тому

    I assumed that it was something where the sims hit something so they put chickens to hear it so they can stop it

  • @Dallascmiller_99
    @Dallascmiller_99 11 місяців тому +1

    Im gonna fly delta when i grow up

  • @robertdengler2137
    @robertdengler2137 9 місяців тому

    They hang real chickens from the real Aircraft..

  • @ThomasthetankengineE2
    @ThomasthetankengineE2 Рік тому

    The boss admitted defeat

  • @urbanguy1191
    @urbanguy1191 Рік тому

    Sounds like a very elaborate prank on the boss

  • @x-gamer8548
    @x-gamer8548 10 місяців тому

    The sounds made my night

  • @SovietPilot
    @SovietPilot 7 місяців тому

    Southwest after trying to fly to northeast 💀

  • @anneedwards6151
    @anneedwards6151 Рік тому

    Pov: The pilot is scared of chickens

  • @Gavin-Ostroski
    @Gavin-Ostroski Рік тому

    God needs chickens, so when pilots go thru turbulence all they here is *chicken noises*

  • @hampterchrist8069
    @hampterchrist8069 Рік тому

    reasons why chickens can actually fly:

  • @Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis
    @Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis 8 місяців тому

    That’s why their flight scheduling programs all failed - not enough rubber chickens.

  • @Futballstuffs
    @Futballstuffs 10 місяців тому

    “Never trust Boeing 737”
    -a wise man said

  • @Dmnnet
    @Dmnnet Рік тому

    The gods of Fate have a really weird sense of humor

  • @bengerman3132
    @bengerman3132 Рік тому

    I feel bad for the person that probably got suck in the simulator when it was sideways.

  • @captainconcernedsr.5360
    @captainconcernedsr.5360 10 місяців тому

    They should try attaching a weight where the chickens are equal to the chickens weight and try that.

  • @TheRennesRepublix
    @TheRennesRepublix Рік тому

    I know this has nothing to do with the short, but I like these shorts where the intro finishes the last sentence of the outro.

  • @ItzQwerty01
    @ItzQwerty01 11 місяців тому

    Southwest airlines is partnering with rubber chickens

  • @soggydoggyVR
    @soggydoggyVR 7 місяців тому

    I want to fly for southwest and now when I need to go into their sims I’ll make sure to squeeze a chicken for good luck

  • @jaconator1245
    @jaconator1245 Рік тому

    You sound like a young Soos from gravity falls

  • @user-cv8xu2yk7m
    @user-cv8xu2yk7m Рік тому

    MVP: Heihei the Chicken

  • @parthasarathidas3192
    @parthasarathidas3192 Рік тому

    How does 1 chicken save a whole entire airplane!?😮