SWA letters to

[AFcitrus]

I find that I can shave minutes off every day if I taxi well beyond the limits of our FAA approved FOM and ignore FAA controller instructions. It's worth it to me because I know the company would go to the mat to back a wild cowboy like me.

As an added bonus I find that flying right on the edge of Mach buffet and with the clacker going off not only makes me look cool to my passengers but ATC thinks I'm cool when I talk on the radio with said clacker in the background.

I'm a cowboy - on a REAL horse I ride. I'm wanted.... waaaanted.... dead or alive.

Gup

Well.... At least you're man enough to admit it. Although I would advise you put those comments into an ASAP report.

 

[LandGreen]

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

Wow! You have just completely embarrassed, and partially destroyed the professional integrity of all SWA pilots with your post. Especially after most, if not all pilots at SWA, are trying to turn the corner and forget recent newsworthy events.

I hope your next CA will: Forbid you from talking on the radios, and lock up your laptop in an attempt to spare the rest of the SWA seniority list from public embarrassment on your behalf.

 

[Red Baron]

I'm a cowboy - on a REAL horse I ride. I'm wanted.... waaaanted.... dead or alive.

Gup

Were you singing that while typing? I was while reading it.

 

[RedBelly]

I am sure the former NW airlines had the best maintenance around. They had the absolute newest aircraft in the shiny new DC-9's, combined with the 50+ years of experience of all of their replacement mechanics.

What state is Oberstar from?

 

[waveflyer]

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.

 

[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.