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[boeingdriver213]

Want to bet those letters were generated by AA employees?

 

[redflyer65]

Most likely! This whole thing is BS. Give me a break.

Two major accidents in how many years with one fatality?

 

[vixin]

What a loser! Get a life aleady. Shall we compare safety records of NW VS. SW. I didnt think so. Dumbest thread of the year!

 

[tathagatha]

Well the opening post of this thread in now OLD news. SWA is now a branch of the USAF. SWA is are AA about 15 years ago. The automation will atrophy the flying over time and the safety records will normalize. Its all data driven...

The second letter has merit. The bean counters are gonna kill SWA. Farming out your maintenance or flying looks cheap but it AIN'T!!!

GL

 

[nimtz]

I've worked at 5 airlines and have 2 comments. The 4 previous all thought we had back channels to ATC. Ridiculous conspiracy theories. Never once considering the idea that maybe controllers are simply trying to move airplanes. I'll quote one controller I'm close with. 'damn right Swa gets priority. But it's no conspiracy, it's because they do what we ask them to- good or bad. Ask AA or UA anything and it's constant bellyaching. Vector out of the way for traffic- they're b!tching. Try to give them a short aproach it's 'unable- not safe-' you can't win. But Swa- if it can be done safely, they'll do it.'

ever thought that it's not about being cowboys- that it's your own attitudes on the line everyday that causes Swa to get favor? Maybe if you complained a little less and weren't so afraid to use your skill to do something that would help out (ie: instead of CONSTANTLY playing the safety card)- you'd get the breaks sometimes as well.

Yeah doing favors for controllers, like asking for direct anything to shave off a net 20 seconds or so. I heard a gaggle of SW bubbas suggesting directs and then whining about the vectoring going into Hobby yesterday because of weather west of Houston. It gets old, you'll get there when you freaking get there.

 

[Tanker Clown]

Which airline was it that landed at Ellsworth AFB when they meant to go to Rapid City, SD? Was that Delta or SWA?

 

[Scope out RJ's]

What are you worried about? Its takes you 30 minutes to get to the runway. Can you HOMOs taxi any slower?

Maybe if you HOMO's would fly/taxi a little slower you would stop going off the end of runways!

 

[brokedash]

Outside of the issue last year that grounded some of the 737s, I can't say there is anything extremely un-safe with WN. BTW that issue with the 737s was mainly a paperwork issue and not anything pyshicaly causing the planes to be un-airworthy.

Whoever wrote these letters seems to be taking their agressions about their dismal flying jobs on WN or they could have been written by AA execs.

 

[SOVT]

Most likely! This whole thing is BS. Give me a break.

Two major accidents in how many years with one fatality?

I'm sure the parents of that little boy would appreciate your cavalier attitude over the killing of their child.

 

[Cometman]

I'm sure the parents of that little boy would appreciate your cavalier attitude over the killing of their child.

I bet you are sorry you said that. That was a low blow. You can disagree without that kind of remarks. You owe him an apology.