Southwest off the runway in Spokane..

[LarryinTN]

I ride SWA four to six times per month and their taxi speeds are just fine.

 

[CitationUltra]

I ride SWA four to six times per month and their taxi speeds are just fine.

Oh, well I guess that settles it then.

 

[Muddauber]

Give it a break guys, this is getting tiresome.

Muddy

 

[Snapshot]

Snapshot - who else would you blame?

I'm not on the NTSB.

Further, I don't place myself in the media, anoint myself an expert, and blame anyone for something that happened nowhere near me only a couple of hours before my interview.

Ambulance chasers.

http://www.kreindler.com/kreindler_news/news_current/2006-10-Gol-Airlines-Flight1907.htm

 

[Captzaahlie]

I'm not on the NTSB.

Further, I don't place myself in the media, anoint myself an expert, and blame anyone for something that happened nowhere near me only a couple of hours before my interview.

Ambulance chasers.

http://www.kreindler.com/kreindler_news/news_current/2006-10-Gol-Airlines-Flight1907.htm

Which law firm are you interviewing at? :laugh:
Sincerely though, good luck regardless of where you interviewed.

 

[pipe]

A few years ago I was jumpseating on WN. I went up to meet the crew. Capt was a friend who I had flown with for years as a reservist.

We proceeded to taxi out like we were being chased by the cops! In all the times I flew with him he had never done that. I think it's just the corporate culture (or something in the kool-aid).

PIPE

 

[Old School 737]

Saw the tire tracks in the snow 2 days ago. Can't believe they missed the Runway threshold lights.

 

[Caveman]

Like it or not SWA has a reputation of taxiing too fast and hustling maybe a little too much in order to get there 1st, or on time, or whatever. Is that what happened this time? I don't have any idea. The NTSB will figure that out and let us know. Until then I suggest we don't make assumptions.

I also suggest to my SWA brethren that where there's smoke, there's fire. Sterling fatality record aside, you guys seem to slide off taxiways and off the end of runways more than the rest of us. At least that's the perception. Whether that's accurate or fair is certainly debatable, but have you ever stopped to consider why some of us may have come to that conclusion?

Your reputation, deserved or not, is that you guys taxi way faster than the rest of us. Add to that perception the reality that you have had several well publicised events over the last few that seems to support that stereotype and you can see how some of us can start to make assumptions. That's not to say stereotypes are accurate, only that they are based on some previous observations.

 

[737 Pylt]

This would never happen if they wore double breasted jackets!

Wow, did you think of that one all by yourself or did your mom help you with that one.
Time to sharpen more pencils you little E1 dork!
Maybe you can tell all the Southwest guys how to keep it on paved surface??
I'm sure most of them would love to help you get hired, once you get your commercial/multi.

737

 

[Tanker Clown]

Good one.

 

[Longhorn]

GUYS....PLEASE STOP THE PERSONAL ATTACKS. If you have an issues with eachother, please use the PM feature.

 

[joevollers]

SWA is the most reliable airline in the industry. Period. If I can jumpseat on them I will, b/c I know I will get there.

That being said I was on the Taxiway the morning in SFO in early Jan when the wind was blowing 160 @ 45 g 60 with 20 to 25 kt loss reported on the runways.... SWA was the only 121 carrier taking off. 4 of them went, nobody else would go. One of them gave a pirep of "light to moderate below 3000, worse than that above" Given that info the next SWA crew decided it was OK to launch.

Either the 73's as they are outfitted by SWA are "super" planes that can handle adverse wx better, and the rest of us are all pu$$ies who won't takeoff in such conditions, or there is a culture problem.

Don't get me wrong SWA has many attributes I admire and if they have ever offered me a job I would have not looked back(never bought a type), I would have gone in a heartbeat..... but there has got to be some type of culture issue where people are a little too comfortable with adverse conditions..

 

[328dude]

Like it or not SWA has a reputation of taxiing too fast and hustling maybe a little too much in order to get there 1st, or on time, or whatever. Is that what happened this time? I don't have any idea. The NTSB will figure that out and let us know. Until then I suggest we don't make assumptions.

I also suggest to my SWA brethren that where there's smoke, there's fire. Sterling fatality record aside, you guys seem to slide off taxiways and off the end of runways more than the rest of us. At least that's the perception. Whether that's accurate or fair is certainly debatable, but have you ever stopped to consider why some of us may have come to that conclusion?

Your reputation, deserved or not, is that you guys taxi way faster than the rest of us. Add to that perception the reality that you have had several well publicised events over the last few that seems to support that stereotype and you can see how some of us can start to make assumptions. That's not to say stereotypes are accurate, only that they are based on some previous observations.

Can I be your wingman Maverick?

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

SWA is the most reliable airline in the industry. Period. If I can jumpseat on them I will, b/c I know I will get there. ..

what are you smoking??? i guess u don't watch their TV show...i've done some cat IIIs and heard SWA going to their alternates...just stop it!

 

[skiandsurf]

what are you smoking??? i guess u don't watch their TV show...i've done some cat IIIs and heard SWA going to their alternates...just stop it!

If I am booked on a SWA flight with a noon departure, I can almost guarantee you that I will be sitting on a 737, and pushing off the gate real close to noon.

If I am booked on a UAL flight with a noon departure, I have no idea what type of plane or which spin-off regional, and what time this thing will be pushing off the gate.

SWA may not be the most popular airline with you guys, but they are reliable.