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Southwest airlines had a culture of turning around fast at the gate. So maybe no explicit policy but culture can drive unintended consequences and decisions.
by jtchang 6d ago
Southwest airlines had a culture of turning around fast at the gate. So maybe no explicit policy but culture can drive unintended consequences and decisions.
- waterTanuki 6d agoTurnaround at a gate and a life-or-death go-around judgement are two entirely different operations governed by entirely different sections of the FAA. Also this was Amazon, not Southwest.
- sxde 6d agoI think the point being made is that time-pressure can come from a company's culture, not just its (unspoken) policies.
- thisismyanon2 6d agoSouthwest's had a few dramatic overruns by pilots overeager to get on the ground, notably at Burbank (no fatalities) and Midway (one death).
- dghlsakjg 6d agoFast gate turnarounds have nothing to do with what happens in the cockpit. That affects the cleaning crews. Take a look at Southwest's safety record. I believe they have 1 fatality due to an air incident in their history due to an uncontained engine failure that was not related to maintenance.
- AnimalMuppet 6d ago1 passenger fatality. They also have at least one ground fatality. (Still very impressive!)