Southwest - gumming up arrivals

[Poahi]

C Even before we lowered our cost index (which gives a 261-266 KIAS descent speed...down from 280ish KIAS), you would have had to slow down behind us. The fuel savings SWA has realized from this are real,

Just curious, what have you guys use for cruise speeds? Say FL 250 -
Thx,

 

[ILOVEBEER]

Bragging about doing 360 when weighing less than 35,000lbs................

HA HA HA HA HA

Huh? I don't get it. What airplane discussed weighs less than 35K? What does that have to do with anthing? Please elaborate.

 

[1080P]

Was a corp. joke with a friend.....
Ask ATC if you can offset six miles and pass them. If you catch it early enough they'll grant it.

 

[kwick]

Well maybe SWA should pull out of the major airports if they can't keep up with the flow and go back to the smaller secondary airports that they started with.

If your gonna fly that slow it would be more cost effective if you sold the 737s and got turboprops.

 

[BEfly]

Well maybe SWA should pull out of the major airports if they can't keep up with the flow and go back to the smaller secondary airports that they started with.

If your gonna fly that slow it would be more cost effective if you sold the 737s and got turboprops.

Doesn't matter. They'll still share the same STARs.

BTW, I fly out of PHX,LAS,SNA,DAL,& OAK regularly and I've never encountered this problem

 

[BEfly]

Bragging about doing 360 when weighing less than 35,000lbs................

HA HA HA HA HA

Will making at least twice your salary..........

HA HA HA HA HA HA

 

[NetjetsFalcon]

Bragging about doing 360 when weighing less than 35,000lbs................

HA HA HA HA HA

Laughing right there with ya.

All the way to the bank.

 

[clickclickboom]

Bragging about doing 360 when weighing less than 35,000lbs................

HA HA HA HA HA

Making fun of a guy flying a real machine while flying around in a RJ??....I'll take a Falcon 2000 over a brand new 170,000lb Airbus any day of the week..

 

[54fighting]

Well at least he got the 35,000 lb weight right......landing weight that is (for a 50).

 

[Colonel Savage]

Well at least he got the 35,000 lb weight right......landing weight that is (for a 50).

Like you're avatar, 54.

 

[FLYLOW22]

Cry me a river. Dude, with those descent speeds, you're going to be faster than 90% of the jet traffic out there! 360 KIAS!? What are you flying...a 727? Even before we lowered our cost index (which gives a 261-266 KIAS descent speed...down from 280ish KIAS), you would have had to slow down behind us. The fuel savings SWA has realized from this are real, and it adds typically 2-3 minutes on to a 90 min flight. So yes, I'm calling B.S. on your 10+ minute delays. ATC is also not bashful about asking us to pick up our speed at the larger airports. With fuel prices the way they are, perhaps you too could benefit a little by experimenting with cost indexes?

280kts? Really? Heck, we fly an Ultra at 280 in the descent...

It's nice to be one of the fast guys again!! :beer:

 

[Raskal]

Making fun of a guy flying a real machine while flying around in a RJ??....I'll take a Falcon 2000 over a brand new 170,000lb Airbus any day of the week..

I'll second that!

 

[RedBelly]

Who cares what kind of airplane you fly. My dream job would be a beaver on floats. Anyone know where I can fly one of those for $200K per year & have 18 days off a month?

 

[Microclimates]

Beavers...

 

[Raskal]

Beavers...

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