Any minimum taxi speed guidance at your airline?

[Colonel Savage]

"Of course, it's interesting to see something like 32.5% on-time even on days where major thunderstorms aren't a significant contributing factor..."

Did that actually occur?

 

[Captain Jeff]

Well, the airline I work for does provide guidance. If you taxi too slow your having an illegal job action. Twice before when something was hit the captain has been down graded for 6 months and the f/o given two weeks off. Your options are risk getting accused of having a job action or risk hitting something and getting down graded for 6 months. Taxiing slow enough to be sure sounds like the option that will cost me less.

And yes. 35% does happen on sunny days. The airline is running like 55% on time departures for the month.

 

[CatfishVT9]

Not back in the early nineties (pre-tailhook fallout) when it was Fri afternoon and the O-club was calling.

Maybe that's why I did the minimum time and you got the 20 in

GO GATORS!

Never said we followed it.........just said that was the rule.

 

[Ty Webb]

Well, the airline I work for does provide guidance. If you taxi too slow your having an illegal job action.

Definitely not a "work action".

I think it's more like a lack of enthusiasm. . . . a profound lack of enthusiasm.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

AirTran management is apparently concerned that some pilots are "taxiing too slowly" as a reaction to the lack of progress at the table.

Does any major airline publish suggested taxi speed guidance in their Flight Ops Manuals? Any input from UAL or AMR guys would be especially welcome.

My personal approach is to pull back on the yoke. If the nosewheel stays on the ground, you're good to go. If the nosewheel raises up off the ground, you may be taxiing too fast.

 

[Diesel-9]

757 is 10kts turning, 20 kts straight away (up to 30 if a looooong straight away, or trying to draft a SW Jet). Appears SWA is just to remain sub-sonic while on the ground.

 

[Ty Webb]

The question regards "MINIMUM SPEED"

Guys, the subject of this string is

"Does your airline have a MINIMUM taxi speed. . . ."

 

[Clyde Frog]

My personal minimum speed is no slower than that necessary to maintain forward motion, unless maintaining forward motion would cause a degradation in the safe operation of the aircraft, then I stop.

My personal maximum, 9kts.

 

[The Prussian]

757 is 10kts turning, 20 kts straight away (up to 30 if a looooong straight away, or trying to draft a SW Jet). Appears SWA is just to remain sub-sonic while on the ground.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

[FlyinGuy]

Every airline has a minimum taxi speed.....parking brake set at the gate! Duh..

 

[Abernathy]

Once last year while taxiing behind AirTran, it took over half an hour (too bad we didn't start timing from the time we got stuck behind them back on the ramp) from the time we got on SJ to the time we got to the end of RWY28 to take off. No one in front of us. It was just us two at far south end for take-off at the time.

To put that in perspective for the non-ATL guys, it normally take maybe 5 minutes at most at "average pace".

 

[Captain Jeff]

How fast do you taxi? Look at the airport diagram. It must be 3 or 4 miles. Yea, at 30 with no stops it is about 5 minutes. At 15 I made $12 more. Take your time!

 

[Ty Webb]

Once last year while taxiing behind AirTran, it took over half an hour . . . blah, blah, blah

What's you hurry, Chief? You a trucker? Get paid by the mile?

 

[Clyde Frog]

Once last year while taxiing behind AirTran, it took over half an hour (too bad we didn't start timing from the time we got stuck behind them back on the ramp) from the time we got on SJ to the time we got to the end of RWY28 to take off. No one in front of us. It was just us two at far south end for take-off at the time.

To put that in perspective for the non-ATL guys, it normally take maybe 5 minutes at most at "average pace".

That was probably me. Enjoy the extra 25 mins of pay, you're welcome.

 

[Lear70]

that was probably me. Enjoy the extra 25 mins of pay, you're welcome.

LMAO!! :smash:

 

[IAHERJ]

We had a memo come out shortly after the new North runway opened up at IAH (Runway 26R/8L). Seems one of our 767's was doing about 60 knots on the way to the terminal as it came in from EWR. oops