Southwest to San Juan late 2010 or 2011...

[General Lee]

Gen Lee will post u guys will take years to learn to fly intl., yet all DCI carriers learn to do intl. in the 3 months notice DL gives them. Over water does not take long

CRXpilot is correct. You are in radar contact all the way to SJU, and that means the SWA 737-300s won't get totally lost out there. I am pretty sure the SWA guys will get the hang of it fairly quick, and the controllers all speak English, which will make it easier.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Golden Falcon]

At least it seems Delta has now learned how to land at the correct airport in Florida after messing it up.....twice!!

 

[johnsonrod]

CRXpilot is correct. You are in radar contact all the way to SJU, and that means the SWA 737-300s won't get totally lost out there. I am pretty sure the SWA guys will get the hang of it fairly quick, and the controllers all speak English, which will make it easier.


Bye Bye--General Lee

But will the SWA pilots freak out when they look down and not see land below them? That blue stuff is ocean... And please don't land in Cuba.

Just joking...

 

[Mike man]

Where does the 162 miles come from?

My understanding is that the 162 mile restriction has something to do with Class I and Class II navigation...less than 162NM from a nav aid is Class I.

 

[firstthird]

I think it has to do with rafts and life preservers. we still don't have rafts but added some under the seat yellow life preservers and now we can go to 162. our navigation has been the same.

 

[Chief Pilot]

It used to be called etops now it is erops : Engines Run Or People Swim

Blue is currently obtaining this certification

Still called ETOPS: Engines Turn Or People Swim.

 

[:-)]

SWA needs to do Nassau. Can you imagine this?

SWA: Pindling twr, SWA 1 ready at holding position 1 runway 14.

Pindling Twr: Roger SWA, hold short Navajo on ten mile final.

SWA: Pindling twr, SWA 1 final traffic in sight, we can beat them.

Pindling TWR: Roger SWA, hold short, Banderantie traffic departing downfield.

SWA: Pindling Twr, SWA 1, what's our sequence?

Pindling Twr: SWA 1 number three.

SWA: Pindling Twr, where's our traffic?

Pindling Twr: SWA two B1900's and an Islander awaiting intersection takeoff. BamasAir Dash8 on seven mile final.

(ten mins pass during which numerous Piper Twins, BamasAir Dash's, and assorted island hoppers land and depart)

SWA: Pindling Twr, SWA 1, ready at the end.

Pindling Twr: Roger SWA, hold short BamasAir 737 fifteen mile final, then we let you go.

no SWA pilots were hurt in the making of this parody. just their sense of importance. Just like the rest of us who think that the islanders give a flip about our mainland rankings.

Pindling, My favorite Airport name Lyndon Pindling. Just rolls off your tongue.

 

[Headfake14]

It used to be called etops now it is erops : Engines Run Or People Swim

Blue is currently obtaining this certification

click, we are working on ETOPS? If so, both fleet types? What time length. It'd be nice to get rid of the silly section of airspace in the atlantic we (190) have to avoid since we have a 20Kt slower MMO. Limits three L### routes we can't do.

 

[aewanabe]

I don't know, lately with the rash of Embraerisms I'd rather be closer to shore, not farther....