He'll bring up everyone else's safety issues and ignore his company's own. It's like talking to an alcoholic. Complete denial and it's everyone else?s fault.
Nice post. Too bad it's complete crap.
I don't bring up "everyone else's safety issues" while ignoring Southwest's. I only brought up DCA's company record
after his ridiculous post feigning outrage like we killed a kid (in HIS city, by God!) on purpose or something. That doesn't sound like "everyone's" safety record to me. Can't you count any higher than one, HPilot?
A lot of you haters (and you're one of the biggest in this regard, HPilot) go on and on about Southwest's safety record, and act like it's the worst. Then they somehow neglect to mention or remember that their own company's record is much worse, which is of course exactly what you accused me of. A pathetic attempt at deflection, by the way.
I'd be happy to talk about our safety record. Not that I need to, because I can count on one of YOU guys to bring up everything you can think of no matter what happens. However, you always seem to forget to talk about other airlines, when something happens to them. Gee, I wonder why. Hey, I have an idea--let's talk about YOUR airline's record when we're done talking about SWA, okay HPilot?
Southwest's "worst accidents" in our entire 42-plus year history:
BUR overrun (#1455)-- zero fatalities or serious injuries; plane was written off after it was determined it wasn't cost-effective to fix. And despite DCA's inexplicably angry accusations, we did NOT "hit a gas station in Cali[fornia]."
MDW overrun (#1248)-- one fatality on the ground, zero fatalities or serious injuries (on the plane); aircraft repaired and returned to service.
AMA depart the side of runway during landing (#2066)-- zero fatalities or injuries of any sort; aircraft repaired and returned to service.
LGA hard landing (#345)-- zero fatalities or serious injuries; aircraft will be repaired and returned to service.
And of course a handful of "off the pavement" incidents with no fatalities or injuries, all with minor or no damage (#1919, 1905, 4695).
Anything ELSE you'd like to talk about? If i've missed anything, please let me know. i'd hate to be accused of sugar-coating anything. The sum of all the accidents in Southwest's entire life history totals one aircraft written off and parted out, and one ground fatality from the most unlikely method imaginable (and yes, I know we're still responsible regardless), and most importantly, ZERO passengers or crew
ever killed or seriously injured.
Yet the few of you take a disturbing amount of glee in gloating anytime something happens to Southwest, and then pretend that we have the worst safety record out there. The fact is, that by
all measures quantifiable, Southwest has one of, if not THE, best safety record out there.
Okay, all you equal-opportunity professional safety inspectors, let's all line up to compare your company's record.... Who wants to be first?
Bubba