I admittedly jumped on the rushing bandwagon because it's just one of those southwestisms that I'll never understand. Doesn't have much to do with BNA other than people jumping the line to push.

All that said, ramp control in Nashville was a no brainer. If not an accident, at the very least the place was gridlock waiting to happen. I'm glad they (either the city or the airline?) finally made the decision to staff the ramp tower.

 

Ground, Southwest XXXX “Coming around the corner!”

@40KTS

 

I hope you had a good vacation. My wife and I need to start doing some long distance traveling while we are still young and spry.

I offline Jumpseat on the regular, like I am up front on another carrier at least once a month. I notice zero difference with the pace they operate and the pace I operate with the exception of I never single engine taxi if I can help it and other carriers almost always do, even when they are in contract negotiations. Also AA is ridiculous about closing the door early and pushing despite what's going on up top.

So, you do you, I'll do me, and we can call it even. I am too nervous about dinging a wingtip or making a wrong turn to taxi fast. I don't rush anybody including ramp and ops agents. I tell them to relax, take their time, and we will go when we are all ready. Not sure why APC is the only place with the cool kid pretend job action thing going on, but I guess I am not part of the club until SWAPA tells me I am. In the meantime, enjoy your false outrage, as misplaced as it is.

 

Yeah, not a thing. That isn't a call anymore since everybody goes to spot 4 and it's literally impossible to taxi fast on that ramp due to congestion and two huge right angle turns. Also, our FOQA guys have started calling out egregious taxi speeds, even on long downhill straightaways like LAS taxiway C and the DEN 17R taxi back where there is literally nobody and nothing around.

 

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(Outrage is not false for the record).
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Everytime I've been there fewer than 50% would even call on frequency they're coming or going. I've been nose to nose several times with someone who isnt in the frequency at all.
the ramp was needed for that reason IMO
now hopefully if you're sitting there at the gate waiting for a pushback clearance the cpt releases the brake so you start getting paid

 

I’m currently exercising the long distance travel with my wife. Eating and drinking things with weird names, driving in strange ways, etc. I highly recommend leaving the rat race behind as often as possible.

 

Can’t release the brake! I won’t be able to pickup opentime! Gotta keep under the cap! Need my 250 tfp so I can brag to my buddies at Sun Country and Delta that I make more than them!

 

AMEN! The problem is that you don’t realize you’re in it until you step out if it. Especially the last few years Americans are akin to the frog being slow boiled.

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We travel a lot, but not crossing oceans. We need to step outside of our comfort zone and just do it.