Southwest Airlines’ president Tom Nealon will immediately retire from the airline, the company announced on Monday, three months after Nealon was passed over for the CEO job.
In June, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly announced that he would be retiring early next year and selected longtime company director Bob Jordan to take his place. Nealon was an obvious candidate to succeed the CEO position but didn’t get the job.
Nealon will remain with Southwest as a “strategic advisor,” the company said.
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