Originally Posted by
mulcher
I bet they looked at the out off times and said darn it. What crew is on the runway 2 min before it opens though? One would think they padded those a good bit. I also wonder if the controlled saw what was going on and thought this will be interesting.
Controller tried to get a hold of them on CTAF.
Obviously not all the details are known, but going back to the LiveATC feed: They made no calls on the CTAF about pushing, taxing, taking the runway, and departing. A Republic flight tried to call them as they were taxing out( not sure what they were calling them about as they just asked if the SWA was up on frequency). An ops vehicle tried to call them stating the runway was still closed. The controller before the airspace/tower opened tried to call them. No response.