SWA Corporate 737

[humveedriver]

Just wondering about a 737 I saw at DAL today. It was a white top, black belly BBJ looking paint job with "Southwest" on the tail. Are you guys converting BBJ's to fill your orders?

 

[Skyboy722]

Just wondering about a 737 I saw at DAL today. It was a white top, black belly BBJ looking paint job with "Southwest" on the tail. Are you guys converting BBJ's to fill your orders?

Nah. Bought that one (and one other) "pre-owned" from Ford. We needed it online so badly that we didn't have time to paint it or reconfigure the interior. (128 seats, I think.)

 

[CF34-3B1]

No HUDs in em yet either

I think 1 of them has been painted recently, but it doesn't have winglets yet?

 

[Tejas-Jet]

No HUDs in em yet either

I think 1 of them has been painted recently, but it doesn't have winglets yet?

And the F/A's hate the galleys. No HGS in them...yet. They are both supposed to get "ethnically cleansed" this spring sometime....HGS...Winglets...Interiors/Galleys....and in the case of one of them....New paint

 

[deadstick]

Here's a PIC

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Once it gets re-done, it will no longer be Herb's airplane for flying between SAT-DAL.

 

[johnsonrod]

Thanks FORD! Did they have to switch the 777-like EFIS with tapes back to the analog-style EFIS for SWA too? I am guessing so.

 

[mach zero]

Thanks FORD! Did they have to switch the 777-like EFIS with tapes back to the analog-style EFIS for SWA too? I am guessing so.

Yes they did.

My favorite part though is the logbook which has a "Have you driven a Ford lately" sticker on it.

 

[SuperFLUF]

Here's a PIC

They need to paint ALL the Southwest 73's that color. That canyon purple hurts my eyes.

(I can't believe someone didn't make that crack sooner?)

 

[Snaab]

Hey, had a question....A mechanic friend of mine showed me around a new 700 a couple mos. ago in BWI, and I noticed the EFIS screens had the analogue-type instruments....He told me the screens in the 700s have that function for fleet commonality. I forget if I asked him or not, but if someone wanted to, could you make the EFIS give you a speed tape presentation or not? Thanks!

-Snaab

 

[SuperFLUF]

Yes, they can be easily converted back to the 777 style speed tape presentation.

I think its just a simple flip of a switch (or something like that) in the E & E compartment.

The rumor is that when the -300's leave CAL they will reset all the NG's to the speed tape presentation.

 

[135fr8r]

They should change them. Tape-style EFIS is so much easier. I fly both EFIS, and steam gauges, and the transition between the two is a non-event.

 

[SuperFLUF]

They should change them. Tape-style EFIS is so much easier. I fly both EFIS, and steam gauges, and the transition between the two is a non-event.

Its an FAA thing (I think).

Since our -300's are completely round dials and our 73 pilots fly all equipment types (some times in the same pairing) the old style presentation is required. The -500's have a speed tape on the ADI so I guess the FAA thinking is that's ok to go back and forth from that to full tapes but not to the pure round dials.

The tapes are nice and give more info so it will be nice if they ever swap 'em. (and nice to get rid of the -300's too) (one reason I will hate to leave the 75/76 fleet to upgrade)

 

[B727Driver]

But the HUD is a 'tape' presentation. An upgrade FO to Capt will see the tape for real on U.O.E. and in BUF in January. Nice.

 

[JimNtexas]

Here's a PIC

Why repaint that? It's much nicer than the SWA standard.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Its an FAA thing (I think).

Since our -300's are completely round dials and our 73 pilots fly all equipment types (some times in the same pairing) the old style presentation is required. The -500's have a speed tape on the ADI so I guess the FAA thinking is that's ok to go back and forth from that to full tapes but not to the pure round dials.

The tapes are nice and give more info so it will be nice if they ever swap 'em. (and nice to get rid of the -300's too) (one reason I will hate to leave the 75/76 fleet to upgrade)

Doesn't Alaska have the standard ADI/HSI EFIS on their -400's and tapes on thier NG's?

I do agree that the PFD/ND display with the tapes makes the HGS transition much easier ( as if it was that difficult to begin with).

 

[GuppyWN]

It's not the feds. We're typed in the 737. Not the 737RD (round dial).

Gup