Southwest Airlines gets a big thumbs-up from Consumer Reports readers

Consumer Reports readers — more than 52,000 of them that fly regularly — have voted. And the respected consumer magazine’s new survey of the nation’s best and worst airlines will make at least three of the nation’s carriers quite happy.Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) was ranked the best carrier in the survey for its economy class product, which is the only product it offers, of course. Southwest scored an 85 for its economy cabin, just ahead of Alas