Remarks: With the merger of AirTran and Southwest Airlines; the carriers have started combining operations at Houston. Pretty soon, this AirTran plane will be converted over to Southwest colors.
Remarks: Perfect timing to catch the Las Vegas strip at sunset! Controllers has just started routing all departures to the west about two minutes before we started our taxi roll to the runway. I wasn't sure how the sunset lighting was going to be, but I am very happy with the result.