---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000092380-23-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUV"
cik: "0000092380"
company_name: "SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO"
filed_at: "2023-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T06:46:49.935488+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southwest appoints former U.S. Senator Roy Blunt to board effective July 16, 2023

## Summary
- Roy Blunt, former U.S. Senator and current Chairman of Husch Blackwell Strategies, appointed to Board of Directors.
- Annual retainer for non-employee directors is $90,000, prorated for Blunt's July 2023-June 2024 service period.
- Board members receive free travel for self and spouse, plus 25 roundtrip passes annually and 25 for charities.
- Eligible for equity grants (2023 grant value ~$170,000) and retirement payment ($35k after 5 yrs, $75k after 10 yrs).
- Blunt has not yet been assigned to any Board committees; no material interest in related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000092380-23-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUV
- cik: 0000092380
- company_name: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
- filed_at: 2023-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238023000033/0000092380-23-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238023000033/luv-20230716.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092380-23-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092380-23-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092380-23-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roy Blunt was appointed as Director at SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 16, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Southwest Airlines Co. (the "Company") appointed Roy Blunt as a member of the Board, effective July 16, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238023000033/0000092380-23-000033-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.