Southwest "exits" runway.....again.

[SWA Bubba]

Rip me all you want. Your facts don't come from a reliable source. You run airplanes off the runway like its no big deal.

It's well known how you operate. It's not a secret. You can't cover it up much longer.

"Facts"? Well, seeing as how you have absolutely no facts whatsoever for your argument, that just makes you a blowhard. However, you did make one true statement, in that how Southwest operates is no secret to anyone, least of all the FAA. Do you know how many times the FAA has attributed taxi speed to any type of incident at Southwest? None. Do you know how many times the FAA has even brought up taxi speed as an issue to Southwest? None. The only people who seem to care are annonymous dipsh*ts like you who use it for anti-SWA fodder when they've got nothing constructive to add.

Still afraid to say what airline YOU work for Rajflyboy? Since you seem to fall into the category of dumbasses who don't know the difference between a taxiway and a runway (your aisnine quote above), I suppose I could guess Continental, seeing as how they inadvertantly landed on a taxiway at EWR a few years back. By the way, I'm not trying to slam Continental here; just pointing out that stuff happens to all of us. However, Southwest seems to garner the most bashing on FI.

Bubba

 

[tankerhead]

lookup Exodus Yogg+0, you'll see my guild getting a world first... and then having it taken away shortly thereafter by Blizzard...

anyway, back to the regularly scheduled FI banter.

I tried to watch that, but this popped up. Hmmm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRqzMQl6qtM

 

[HA25]

I tried to watch that, but this popped up. Hmmm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRqzMQl6qtM

Here, let me google that for you!

 

[tankerhead]

Mine was better.

 

[HA25]

Mine was better.

I'm picking up what you're planting now....

 

[scoreboardII]

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[DCAA320]

I have seen the taxiway myself with the jet in the mud. I dont believe speed was even close to be a factor. The taxiway curved and i think both pilots were head down.

Well if they both had there heads down, their speed should have been zero.

You should have seen the face of they captain when I told him to stop ********************ing with the FMS on a skinny taxiway while taxiing.

 

[Scoot 11]

Actually, since absolutely nobody got hurt (just like last time), I'd say that we're only giving guys like you fodder for SWA bashing. Hmmm.... "over and over and over again"... I suppose things never happen to other airlines. So what airline do YOU work for? The perfect one, I'd imagine.

Say, aren't you the guy who's normally drunk when you post?

Bubba

That's a pretty cavalier attitude. I was in JAX last month. Pushed back, and while waiting for the salute, we had a SWA jet taxi by us so fast while his wing tip actually went over our Marshallers head! You guys have a habit of taxiing fast, and it's a dangerous game. But as long as "nobody gets hurt," for now!

 

[SWA Bubba]

That's a pretty cavalier attitude. I was in JAX last month. Pushed back, and while waiting for the salute, we had a SWA jet taxi by us so fast while his wing tip actually went over our Marshallers head! You guys have a habit of taxiing fast, and it's a dangerous game. But as long as "nobody gets hurt," for now!

So what are you saying? If he was taxiing slower, the wingtip wouldn't have gone over your marshaller's head? How was his speed relevant to his position? If your marshaller is on an active taxiway, or a SWA jet in JAX taxied through your ramp area, then that's a different problem unrelated to taxi speed.

My point was not to be cavalier about safety. It was that this was a minor incident, unrelated to taxi speed, nobody was hurt, and this kind of stuff happens to all airlines on occasion. However, as usual, it brings out all the SWA bashers, barking out their azzes, without having any facts up front.

Everyone's got a "Southwest taxis too fast" anecdote. If just half of them were literally true, there would be SWA pilots violated left and right.

Bubba

 

[AirMike]

I was taxiing out in CLE a few years back. A squall line was approaching the airport. We were number 3 in line when the gust front hit. While we were sitting in our Boeing, tower reports microburst alert approach end 40kts. About 10 seconds later the SWA cowboys cross the threshold and land despite an active microburst alert.

That's the worst I've ever seen from SWA but the "rush rush" attitude is endemic to that organization. They are incentivized to hurry.