Great job American Airlines (Ohare airport) - supporting Breast Cancer Awareness

Thursday, October 14, 2010
I flew from Charlotte, NC to Chicago today.  Walking through the H/K concourse, I noticed the gates were decorated with a lot of  pink.  Upon closer inspection, it became clear - staff had taken time to decorate for breast cancer awareness.  I don't know if there was a competition or not, but some of the gates were amazing.   Kudos to American Airlines!!  What a great way to raise awareness.  Here are a few pictures.

This was hanging on the wall at one of the gates. 

The photo below shows how that entire gate was decorated.  It was amazing.

The photo below shows a gate decorated like the sidewalks in Hollywood.  I believe the names on each star were breast cancer survivors.

The pink balloons below were at the entrance to the G concourse.

I read that 77,000,000 passengers passed through Ohare airport in  2009.  Say 1/4 of them use American Airlines.  That's breast cancer awareness exposure to potentially > 50,000 people!!

Its only fair to share that some Delta Airlines staff were also supporting breast cancer awareness this week.  I saw pilots in pink ties and flight attendants in pink uniforms.