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[O Face]

Exactly!  Isn’t 70 kts just about normal taxi speed for SWA?  

[O Face]

We aren’t putting up with your shit anymore!!!

 

Edited March 22 by O Face
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[StrikeOut312]

I would love to hear the crew's side of this story. Seems crazy for the crew to behave that way.

[O Face]

2 hours ago, StrikeOut312 said:

I would love to hear the crew's side of this story. Seems crazy for the crew to behave that way.

Most definitely, but I loved the headline, the entire article, really. 

Edited March 23 by O Face
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[arg]

2 hours ago, O Face said:

We aren’t putting up with your shit anymore!!!

 

Must've been a bad shit

[Smokin]

Didn't see any link, but it very well could have been the first class bathroom next to the cockpit.  Can't do a crew changeover with someone in that bathroom so if a dude was hanging out in there for an extended period of time, that can mess up the FAA required crew rest breaks for an augmented flight.

[uhhello]

 

[jonlbs]

8 hours ago, Smokin said:

Didn't see any link, but it very well could have been the first class bathroom next to the cockpit.  Can't do a crew changeover with someone in that bathroom so if a dude was hanging out in there for an extended period of time, that can mess up the FAA required crew rest breaks for an augmented flight.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.638777/gov.uscourts.nysd.638777.2.0.pdf
 

Tulum to Houston. Not sure if in flight or on the ground. But definitely a narrowbody.

 

“The pilot became visibly enraged, broke the lock on the door and forced the bathroom door open pulling the passenger out of the bathroom with his pants around his ankles…”

 

[Smokin]

Interesting.  A pilot has no business being in the back of the plane interacting with passengers once boarding is complete.  Can only lead to trouble.  Obviously taking this with a huge grain of salt as the lock doesn't need to be broken for the door to be opened.  Airplane bathroom door locks make home bathroom privacy locks look secure.

[nunya]

48 minutes ago, Smokin said:

A pilot has no business being in the back of the plane interacting with passengers once boarding is complete.  Can only lead to trouble.

I'd even strike "once boarding is complete." Lots of problems happen during boarding and we have people for that, too. Some CAs feel the need to make a PA directly to the passengers in pursuit of some nebulous passenger satisfaction metric. Nah. Best case you get some attaboys on X. Worst case you say "Ladies and Gentlemen" and you lose your job for a while.

Edited March 23 by nunya

[Doc]

30 minutes to cool the brakes or get the story straight for their ASAP submissions  🤔

[arg]

Daughter's on the way home from the Viet Nams. Korean Air all the way. Was curious about the heading change to the east over China.

Edited 21 hours ago by arg
Can't spell Korean

[FourFans]

That's the entry and exit between the two countries when you're going eastbound.  There's a FIR handoff avenue east of Shanghai.

 

Edited 20 hours ago by FourFans

[JeremiahWeed]

I’ve passed between China and Korea well north of that area over AGAVO on my way in and out of TAO/ZSQD. 
From what I can see, there are four very large SIGMETS from surface to FL400 for embedded thunderstorms just north of where they made that big turn to the east.  My guess would be they were either preemptively avoiding or they just weren’t happy with their ride and what they were seeing on the radar.

or it could be what FF said. It looks like historically, they do jink east (though not usually that big) in the vicinity of Shanghai, which is the normal corridor.

Edited 20 hours ago by JeremiahWeed

[TreeA10]

I've had some non-direct routing through there due to military exercises so that might be a possibility.

Edited 20 hours ago by TreeA10

[arg]

When I was tracking the flight it looked like they were direct ICN, then they made that big course change. I thought maybe weather but it didn't show any right where they were. I looked at past flights and one did fly a similar flight path. Who knows. Funny thing, her itinerary shows KA all the way to LIT. Must be some sub. By the way, she had a great time there.