Southwest Landing in the News

[learhawkerbe400]

I flew LGA-PHL this morning and we got bounced around pretty good.

I heard an old foreign lady saying something about “monster pilots”.

I lolz

 

[CFIscare]

 

[NovemberEcho]

It sucked, got a 25kt gain on approach, then a wind shear caution in the flare.

Going into EWR today landing 4's it was a 40kt tailwind at 3k, 30kt at 2k, and then around 1500 a 20kts headwind.

 

[Apophis]

Going into EWR today landing 4's it was a 40kt tailwind at 3k, 30kt at 2k, and then around 1500 a 20kts headwind.

I’ll be there in 2 hours. This gon’ be fun.

 

[NovemberEcho]

I’ll be there in 2 hours. This gon’ be fun.

Ah you're fine now. Landing 22's, about 30kt on the nose the whole way down.

 

[Apophis]

Ah you're fine now. Landing 22's, about 30kt on the nose the whole way down.

And so it was.......I am very disappoint.

 

[SeanD]

Sounds like most of the SWA flights I’ve been on.

Especially into LAS and anything west of the Rockies. Totally normal IMO.

 

[Apophis]

Sounds like most of the SWA flights I’ve been on.

Scariest part of flying Southwest is the taxi to the runway/gate.

And the passengers.

And the announcements.

Actually everything about flying SWA sucks.

 

[BigZ]

Going into EWR today landing 4's it was a 40kt tailwind at 3k, 30kt at 2k, and then around 1500 a 20kts headwind.

Same stuff at KROC last night

 

[JDean3204]

Sounds like every single landing with gusty winds in the Q400, it’s like a top heavy toddler with flaps 35...

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Only one person vomiting? That's pretty impressive!

Usually it's a chain.

That’s how you know you’re doing it right.

 

[A300Capt]

3 words...”Boxes Don’t Complain”

Carry on.....

 

[Screaming_Emu]

3 words...”Boxes Don’t Complain”

Carry on.....

We are lucky enough to have the occasional “cargo appreciation flight.”

 

[A300Capt]

I remember one dark and stormy night with all the pax carriers complaining about the ride and looking for smoother air. One exchange between a pax carrier and center went something like this..”Center, United 84x, you got anyone at FL370 with a ride report in our area?”...”Let me check, UPS 27xx...you got a ride rep.., oh wait, he doesn’t care!” “Delta 43x, how’s your ride?”

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

I remember one dark and stormy night with all the pax carriers complaining about the ride and looking for smoother air. One exchange between a pax carrier and center went something like this..”Center, United 84x, you got anyone at FL370 with a ride report in our area?”...”Let me check, UPS 27xx...you got a ride rep.., oh wait, he doesn’t care!” “Delta 43x, how’s your ride?”

Ha.... that was me last week. Empty plane coming out of maintenance down south. "Everyone is complaining about the rides at FL380"

"We're good."

 

[mrivc211]

Theses type stories seem to suggest that because someone on the plane thought they were going to die, that they were actually in danger of dying, which is not the case. Just about every family function im forced to go to I get a distant relative who tells me their airline horror story and the type they dropped like "5000 feet".

Stop making sense. It’s too believable

 

[RetiredATLATC]

Going into EWR today landing 4's it was a 40kt tailwind at 3k, 30kt at 2k, and then around 1500 a 20kts headwind.

Sounds like an East Operation at ATL running triple PRM's. 70kt tailwind at 7000, 55kt @ 5000, 40kt quartering @ 3500 and 15kt headwind at 1800. 10 in trail established on final will get you 3 at the threshold. Worst day ever..... Started with 20 established @ 170kts with 2 Heavy's (before the lower wake standards) and could keep 5 to the threshold. Crazy stupid winds.