Southwest airlines fuselage hole awesomeness

neaideabh

Check out the vid on this article and listen to the first fella being interviewed!

A potential disaster looms and he thought it was awesome! WTF?

Cookie_Monster

neaideabh wrote: »

A potential disaster looms and he thought it was awesome! WTF?

Proper man
(sounds kinda cool in fairness)

bc dub

afaik southwest are the ryanair of America, 'cept you can use your mobile and they have wi-fi

OutlawPete

He's one of The Others.

CommuterIE

Anyone in the know would relise straight away that this kind of incident is not enough to bring a 737 down.... a 3 foot hole, and even if some debris hit the right hand engine (which is impossible as it happened aft of the engines) or even hit some skin on the tail, there is not enough debris to rupture hydraulics... this flight would've been some fun I think Worst that can happen, and did, cabin depressurisation...

RichieC

Stick to airbus lads!

Chardee MacDennis

RichieC wrote: »

Stick to airbus lads!

Boeing have a much better safety record afaik...

Conor108

Southwest airlines, welcome aboooooard!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnOxvbGOTbM

Manic Moran

bc dub wrote: »

afaik southwest are the ryanair of America, 'cept you can use your mobile and they have wi-fi

Trust me, they are not comparable.

NTM

Alter-Ego

Supposedly back in the day, Southwest Airlines used to give out free bottles of scotch on board and the air hostesses would wear hot-pants.

cml387

BastardPrince wrote: »

Boeing have a much better safety record afaik...

For those of you who don't frequent airline forums (and I know there are a lot of you) the Airbus v Boeing rivalry is an exact replica ( and equally as pointless) as O'Gara v Sexton,Liverpool v Manchester Utd, yada yada yada

bc dub

Manic Moran wrote: »

Trust me, they are not comparable.

NTM

They are Americans low fares airline though afaik.

what does NTM mean?

Cookie_Monster

Manic Moran wrote: »

Trust me, they are not comparable.

Expect they are completely comparable.
Its the same business model, infact Ryanair copied it from them. Ryanair have just gone a few steps further.

wikipedia wrote:

Southwest is known throughout the aviation industry as a "low-cost carrier" because of its unique business model. The model includes flying one aircraft type, the Boeing 737, on high-density routes throughout the United States. Southwest's "low-cost" business model is further defined by the airline not offering many services, which are a standard offering on most traditional American carriers, such as a First Class cabin, airport lounges, reserved seat assignments, and video/audio programing. By not offering these services, Southwest claims that it can offer lower fares and produce a higher return on invested capital than other airline companies

Replace Southwest with Ryanair in there and there it would be completely valid.

TheZohanS

bc dub wrote: »

what does NTM mean?

It means Not That Manic.

No To Munchees i.e. he is anti-drugs?

rossie1977

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Expect they are completely comparable.
Its the same business model, infact Ryanair copied it from them. Ryanair have just gone a few steps further.

Replace Southwest with Ryanair in there and there it would be completely valid.

they were similiar maybe 10 years ago but if southwest were flying in europe they would be considered a premium airline, firstly they give out free snacks and free drinks on all flights, second bags fly free, third passengers board the plane by section number on ticket and they are extremely strict on this as i have seen people turned back if there section and number isnt right (seats are free though) and fourth if bags are sent to the wrong place (as happened to my brothers bag in vegas got tagged to denver instead of phoenix) they will have that bag back in your hotel room within 24hrs

i always look at southwest first before the others, great airline

Manic Moran

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Expect they are completely comparable.
Its the same business model, infact Ryanair copied it from them. Ryanair have just gone a few steps further.

So many steps further that they are now entirely different business models. The similarities are an all-737 fleet, fast turnarounds, and buying tickets from their company website only. That's about where they stop.

SW is an extremely customer-oriented airline, I would say the most customer-oriented of any of the American carriers. What it lacks in 'frills' like in flight entertainment it more than makes up for in convenience. I pay my $90, and I know that's what I'll have spent, even if I miss my flight (or show up early) and have to rebook, or decide to check two bags at the last minute instead of none at all.

NTM