Southwest has a great sense of humor!

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A friend of mine took this picture at DAL yesterday... I'm trying to get him to submit it to AvWeb's POTW:

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That's funny. And, yes, Southwest does appear to have a great sense of humor. And not just for this picture.
 
Yeah, they have always had a sense of humor.

Herb Kelleher arm wrestling the president of a FL maint company over the use of a slogan. Some of the passenger briefing videos. And the Fee Court commercials running now. "Does his momma know what he's doing?"
 
TangoWhiskey said:
Probably, but they're not part 91, so they can! Or would that make this a Part 135 op? I bet they're certified for that as well, as groups do charter entire aircraft from the airlines.
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I believe a 121 cert would cover anything a 135 does. IOW, they don't NEED a 135 cert.
 
I have never, ever, had a bad experience on Southwest, and I have flown them a ton. Forget the cattle-call stereotype -- that airline is first class, top to bottom.
 
flyersfan31 said:
I have never, ever, had a bad experience on Southwest, and I have flown them a ton. Forget the cattle-call stereotype -- that airline is first class, top to bottom.
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I did, but only once. It was the Christmas trip from hell. Wildcat strikes by FAs set the stage. The gate agents had no idea what to do. Long story short: What should have been a 2 hour flight on Christmas Eve afternoon became a 19 hour nightmare of no food, no diapers, and three very disappointed little kids who found that Santa doesn't stop in airport terminals.
 
kkoran said:
Not a problem under Part 91 if they don't provide the crew.
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Since when does Southwest operate under Part 91?

Somehow I doubt they'd let you walk in with your 737 type rating and rent one of theirs...
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Somehow I doubt they'd let you walk in with your 737 type rating and rent one of theirs...
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Er, look again at the OP's photo? <in best Foghorn Leghorn voice:> "It's a joke, son...don'tcha get it?" :D
 
Jim_R said:
Er, look again at the OP's photo? <in best Foghorn Leghorn voice:> "It's a joke, son...don'tcha get it?" :D
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I suppose you missed my point - the picture is hilarious, very Southwest.

I'm not aware of any Part 91 flights Southwest does. The ferry flights would be the one example, but certainly I wouldn't expect them to rent a 737, without crew, to anyone off the street like a 172.
 
Didn't Qantas allow John Travolta to rent their plane?
 
SkyHog said:
Didn't Qantas allow John Travolta to rent their plane?
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Nope. He has a 707, and they allowed him to paint their name on it. He also, for reasons of publicity, attended Qantas' 747 FO training.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Somehow I doubt they'd let you walk in with your 737 type rating and rent one of theirs...
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If you brought insurance and enough cash, you could probably do whatever you wanted at any of the majors.
 
Telemakhos said:
If you brought insurance and enough cash, you could probably do whatever you wanted at any of the majors.
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I think you'd be more likely to just buy a plane at that point.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
I think you'd be more likely to just buy a plane at that point.
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That's a good point. Plus, it's tough to see why anybody would be so bent on getting ratings and insurance and regulatory approval and gas money together to fly... a bus.
 
Telemakhos said:
That's a good point. Plus, it's tough to see why anybody would be so bent on getting ratings and insurance and regulatory approval and gas money together to fly... a bus.
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Well, I like driving busses, so I'd imagine I'd like flying one, too.

I'd just rather have dogs in back than people. The people cause too many problems.
 
JeffDG said:
If they did empty ferry flights.
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I know of one Part 121 Chief Pilot that decided there was nothing against the Captain putting other company employees -- not required for the flight -- on board a Part 91 repositioning flight.

His requirements were that as long as they were on the Company manifest... and that they were employees.... you could stuff the aircraft full for all he cared.

(Mainly because he couldn't find a rule for or against it (at the time) in the company's ops manual.)

I believe the direct quote was, "I don't care who you put on board, as long as you list them all so I know who to notify later if you crash."

I (as a ramp-rat headed back home) and another dead-heading pilot -- took advantage of the situation, and we weren't stuck in Houston overnight. :)

(In fact the dead-heading pilot paid the fuelers $20 not to fuel us so he didn't have to stay in Houston another night. He did a turn out and back to Hobby from Intercontinental and then sheepishly climbed aboard as the fuel truck had just finished putting our gas on board. Ops gave it away when they started laughing when the Captain asked for the third time... "Where's that fuel truck?")

So anyway... The idea of "empty" ferry flights may not be exactly accurate. :D :D :D

And it was so damn cool to sit in the jump seat... and uhhh... to "allow" the FO to leave to go to the restroom and keep his seat warm while he was gone. I may have accidentally "manipulated the controls" a bit too. But only by accident. ;)

(And the FO said my hand-flying sucked. He preferred the auto-pilot. He was in the "restroom" for a really long time. Like an hour or two.)

This was all very many years ago, pre-9/11, pre- locked cockpits with secret squirrel handshakes and what-not, of course.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
I'd just rather have dogs in back than people. The people cause too many problems.
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I wonder how much trouble 100 dogs could get into if you floated them all up to the ceiling for a moment.

And you'd better lock the cockpit door. The minute you turned final, they'd all be in your lap trying to see out.
 
fgcason said:
I wonder how much trouble 100 dogs could get into if you floated them all up to the ceiling for a moment.

And you'd better lock the cockpit door. The minute you turned final, they'd all be in your lap trying to see out.
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fgcason said:
I wonder how much trouble 100 dogs could get into if you floated them all up to the ceiling for a moment.
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That happened two weeks ago when flying through some particularly bad turbulence (even by my standards). We did have a few cages to clean.

And you'd better lock the cockpit door. The minute you turned final, they'd all be in your lap trying to see out.
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All the dogs are kept in cages for their safety and mine, plus for overall sanity. Dogs don't know how to use lavatories or barf bags very well. Since the cages are locked, the dogs don't go much of anywhere. :)
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Well, I like driving busses, so I'd imagine I'd like flying one, too.

I'd just rather have dogs in back than people. The people cause too many problems.
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They prefer the enhanced pat-downs by security.
 
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