Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
Please do! As a south guy, I think that the DAL culture was superior to NWA's (in most of the touchy-feely ways)
That is probably true. I was referring to technology and the lack thereof at DAL. I wanted to say it, but I've beat that drum too many times and I think all it did was make some DAL south guys dig their heels in.
Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
but aside from a perhaps unhealthy obsession with the rigidity of your SOPA/SMAC, I am getting the feeling that NWA's operational procedures were superior to most of DAL's.
Nothing rigid about it. Just Standardization. Standardized roles for each crewmember under normal and abnormal conditions. Everyone knew exactly what to expect from the other. If you didn't see it, you immediately knew something was wrong. Government regulators will force this upon DAL soon. Just too many NTSB probable causes out there that will drive high standardization to happen at DAL. NWA didn't invent it, but I do think we perfected it.
Carl