Originally Posted by
reelbigchair
Well I'm not saying it's everybody, but I think "not that uncommon" would be fair terminology. And also, I've never seen it from the 75/76 or anything other than md-80. It just seems to me that they go at an abnormaly slow rate when compared to everyone else.
I don't disagree with you over the slower than usual taxi speeds. I just think that the one you saw that was speeding up to get in front of someone, then resuming a slow pace, was an isolated incident. Maybe they had a sequence? Who knows. As far as it being the MD80s, the only thing I can think of is single-engine taxiing. It takes a while for those old Pratts to spool up and get the momentum going. We don't really do single engine taxi on any other a/c except maybe the 737... and lately nobody is even doing SE taxiing anymore due to safety and avoiding situations where random CPs turn us in for not moving fast enough.