DAL vs LUV!

[Mercyful Fate]

They are World of Warcraft service buddies, shared many a Code Red Mt Dew while chasing magic crystals. Probably even pop the zits on each others backs when Mrs Genny is in Boca with Uncle Steve.....

Glad to hear they have moved on from Pokemon...

 

[CX880]

They are World of Warcraft service buddies, shared many a Code Red Mt Dew while chasing magic crystals. Probably even pop the zits on each others backs when Mrs Genny is in Boca with Uncle Steve.....

Lay of the corn syrup. Your imagination is running wild.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Lay of the corn syrup. Your imagination is running wild.

What?

 

[Donald]

Southwest taxis fast, and has an uncanny attraction for airport fixtures(poles and fences ect), but flies slow.
Delta on the other hand flies fast, and has the unique inability to avoid 4 wheeling their planes off road at any speed.
Dogs living with cats, airplanes at airports, will the horror ever end......
And the winner, the Brits, they can't even miss a house at any speed.
Random enough?

Funny, I think I just read an article about Delta sliding into the snow in Madison, WI a couple of weeks ago. Hmm, I think there may even be a thread on here about that.

 

[Remington]

Delta wins the 2013 "Forgot to stay on the runway when we actually landed on the runway" award.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Delta wins the 2013 "Forgot to stay on the runway when we actually landed on the runway" award.

At least we don't hurt anybody....Memba this?? Those darn reversers and auto brakes!!!

3.2 Probable Cause
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots? failure to use available reverse thrust in a timely manner to safely slow or stop the airplane after landing, which resulted in a runway overrun. This failure occurred because the pilots? first experience and lack of familiarity with the airplane?s autobrake system distracted them from thrust reverser usage during the challenging landing.
Contributing to the accident were Southwest Airlines? 1) failure to provide its pilots with clear and consistent guidance and training regarding company policies and procedures related to arrival landing distance calculations; 2) programming and design of its on board performance computer, which did not present inherent assumptions in the program critical to pilot decision-making; 3) plan to implement new autobrake procedures without a familiarization period; and 4) failure to include a margin of safety in the arrival assessment to account for operational uncertainties. Also contributing to the accident was the pilots? failure to divert to another airport given reports that included poor braking actions and a tailwind component greater than 5 knots. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the absence of an engineering materials arresting system, which was needed because of the limited runway safety area beyond the departure end of runway 31C.

 

[Donald]

At least we don't hurt anybody....Memba this?? Those darn reversers and auto brakes!!!

3.2 Probable Cause
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots? failure to use available reverse thrust in a timely manner to safely slow or stop the airplane after landing, which resulted in a runway overrun. This failure occurred because the pilots? first experience and lack of familiarity with the airplane?s autobrake system distracted them from thrust reverser usage during the challenging landing.
Contributing to the accident were Southwest Airlines? 1) failure to provide its pilots with clear and consistent guidance and training regarding company policies and procedures related to arrival landing distance calculations; 2) programming and design of its on board performance computer, which did not present inherent assumptions in the program critical to pilot decision-making; 3) plan to implement new autobrake procedures without a familiarization period; and 4) failure to include a margin of safety in the arrival assessment to account for operational uncertainties. Also contributing to the accident was the pilots? failure to divert to another airport given reports that included poor braking actions and a tailwind component greater than 5 knots. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the absence of an engineering materials arresting system, which was needed because of the limited runway safety area beyond the departure end of runway 31C.

Sure I remember that. Remember this? Those darn sea walls.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/specials...h-history/zbGr15TdiWPNlVFCPREfcL/picture.html

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Sure I remember that. Remember this? Those darn sea walls.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/specials...h-history/zbGr15TdiWPNlVFCPREfcL/picture.html

Oh yeah...I remember.....was SWA even around back then?

 

[Remington]

Really Bill?

Those darn pesky flaps that need to be set for takeoff: Flight 1141 ring a bell?

"The aircraft crashed while attempting to depart runway 18L at DFW. Failure of the crew to ensure that the flaps/slats were properly configured for takeoff."

Airliners crash, people make mistakes, hopefully someday there will be a way to take human error out of aviation.

After Madison, I hear there is a "chain" mod for 737 tires. You and SWA might benefit!!

 

[Remington]

For Bill:

And those pesky ILS's: Flt 554.

The aircraft was executing the ILS/DME approach to runway 13 at New York's La Guardia Airport in high rain and heavy winds. Just before touchdown, the aircraft's right wing struck the approach light stancions, causing a loss of airspeed and reduction of lift. The landing gear impacted the sea wall at the end of the runway concrete, sheared off, and the aircraft slid some 2700 feet down the runway, coming to rest 180? off its original heading. Emergency vehicles were immediately dispatched, the aircraft was evacuated, and no one was seriously injured. There was no fire. The NTSB cited cause for the accident: Known flight into hazardous weather conditions.

Throw in NWA, and the list goes on, and on, and on.

I'm done. Stay on the hard road my friend!