Southwest Airlines Pilot Takes Evasive Action to Avoid Collision, 2 Injured

[SpauldingSmails]

No mid-air that's what counts, especially if the pilot never saw the traffic. I've had RAs where the other aircraft was in sight, and we'd have to aggressively maneuver to even come close to tagging them.

I've also had ones pop up at the very last second and would be difficult to avoid otherwise. The last one I remember was a VFR Cessna departing from a small airport below the approach paths and he penetrated the floor of the class B. Certainly gets your attention.

 

[ableone]

Because the procedure is to give 1 ring of the F/A Call Button when at 10,000 ft. This tells the F/As that sterile cockpit rules are in effect and for them to secure the cabin for arrival. So until the cabin is cleaned up the F/As will not be seated. Which means they won't be seated to well below 10,000 ft.

I was under the impression they were departing, not arriving, when I asked the question. My bad.

 

[waveflyer]

you're right, and no one did anything wrong here-
It's still a good idea to clean up a bit early in many airports- for different reasons-
mountains + ga traffic is a good reason to sit them early in BUR
mountains + slam dunk in ONT
mountains and turbulence in Denver
I'm not into making a new "rule" for every situation- just something to think about-
we sit FAs early for turbulence- dinging them a bit early into places that have lots of GA traffic is probably a good idea