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Southwest jet hit runway nose first, investigators say
The Southwest Airlines jet that crash landed at New York's LaGuardia airport on Monday met the runway with its nose gear first, according to federal accident investigators (www.cnn.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
NSA probably got it covered. They are recording the world. Probably saw the whole thing from a satellite. Lol
Wow they run a tight ship at SW, I like it, no international flights, that means Canada too, If I wanna fly them it's off to Buffalo, or equally efficient "Spirit" airlines out of Detroit, it's amazing how much cheaper they really are compared to westjet or Air Canada
Lol nazi-esk captain. Yes that scenario actaully makes a lot of sense. Now, for a non pilot, can someone explain to me the benefit to southwest for NOT having a long landing? Do you pay per foot the runway used? (Joking I know that ridiculous)
Strictly time. Land short, make the earliest turnout and get to the gate to unload and reload and get the plane back in the air. Equipment utilization is their trademark. Every minute spent on the runway and a longer taxi is a minute lost. I can remember back in the 90's when the made entry into STL. They like to gave ATC heart failure. They were used to TWA pilots landing about halfway don the runway, taking the last turnout and dawdling back up to the terminal. In that length of time SWA nearly had a plane turned and ready to go back out before they even got to the gate.
I have it on good authority it was a nazi-esque chick captain. The rumor mill between the pilots is that FO was flying and looking at a long landing. She most likely then aggressively punched the yoke in an aggressive (teaching*) manner. Time will tell.
This visual evidence can augment the investigation done on the basis of oral and digital data (FDR and CVR).
The recording of this system can be programmed for self erase after every one hour or two. The ATC tower can also be equipped with CCTV to record every take off and landing to give larger perspective.