Any minimum taxi speed guidance at your airline?

[glasspilot]

AA only taxis slow to the runway. For some reason they go real fast to the gate. Go figure.

 

[captairbusbb]

USAir......29 kts. straight ahead.
10 kts. 90 degree turn.

 

[scoreboardII]

WN turns, don't scrape the bottom of the motor as it leans...

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

My operation (DC-9): 8 kts max.

cliff
NBO

 

[Lear70]

8 kts is one of the ones they complained about as being "too slow".

8 kts? That's about my running pace, certainly not a brisk walk and certainly not a problem considering you have to slow down to make comfortable turns every 1/2 mile to mile.

Basically they're seeing a spike in ground time from taxi to takeoff and landing to block-in and even though it's less than most published taxi times, or right at it.

The company was stupid enough to actually make a statement about it on the DISPATCH RELEASE a couple days ago, so now it's part of the accident chain evidence if, God forbid, an accident or runway incursion occurs. Not to mention a public "safety campaign" by the union showing the many ways the company pushes safety to the absolute limit... and beyond.

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...

 

[Critter717]

V1 - 5kts at WN

2 kts or less at AA or if you are in contract neg...pilots must look out the side window to see if they are moving

for the rest...

10kts on a standard day, then apply corrections below...

• Add 1 kt for every min you're late
• Subtract 1 kt for every min you are early but no less than AA taxi speed
• Add 15 kts if it is the last leg of the trip
• Add 30 kts if you have a flight to catch

Now that is funny

 

[say again]

Whatever I deem appropriate at the time.

 

[BSkin]

U. S. Navy rules used to be (maybe still):

In the line area, no faster than a man can walk.

On the taxiway, no fasterr than a man can run.

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!

 

[scarlet]

The fed up attitudes= MGT is getting message

 

[scarlet]

100% back pay !!!! Put in place where as the next contract we are entitled to 5-10% pay raise every year the contract comes up.