Air Tran/SWA Welcome Booklet

Wow, very impressive info. The picture of the -700 cockpit kinda threw me off seeing the PFD setup with old analog style gauges. I can understand their whole standardization thing with their older 737s, but having lots of glass time myself, it's a shame to see a good glass PFD wasted away on a steam gauge display. But then again, I'm not at SWA, and their pilots are smiling with their paychecks every month! Where do I sign up?!
 
dtpilot said:
The picture of the -700 cockpit kinda threw me off seeing the PFD setup with old analog style gauges. I can understand their whole standardization thing with their older 737s, but having lots of glass time myself, it's a shame to see a good glass PFD wasted away on a steam gauge display.
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The EFIS/MAP formatted display is being replaced with the more traditional PFD/ND layout as part of the RNP SAAAR change this year.
 
dtpilot said:
Wow, very impressive info. The picture of the -700 cockpit kinda threw me off seeing the PFD setup with old analog style gauges. I can understand their whole standardization thing with their older 737s, but having lots of glass time myself, it's a shame to see a good glass PFD wasted away on a steam gauge display. But then again, I'm not at SWA, and their pilots are smiling with their paychecks every month! Where do I sign up?!
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SWA has gone to the boeing package now.
 
CaptainApollo said:
That does LOOK really nice. I'm not sure I trust the source though.
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I'm sure they're not lying about anything, but I'm also confident that they picked out some of the best pairings to use as examples. Overall, they are a very efficient airline, though, and that's reflected in their pairings.
 
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