The Tailwinds & Sunshine Podcast

In today’s episode you’ll find out what happened at Austin-Bergstrom International airport in Austin Texas! Too soon, folks too soon and too close!

I also talk about stabilized approach criteria and what makes pilots “go-around” or go “missed”

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Listen to the full ATC recording thanks to VASAviation

Near Collision between FedEx and Southwest | Foggy Weather

Deconstructing JFK Runway Incursion

Expectation Bias

New Procedures at American

Breakdown in CRM

Pilot Training to prevent incidents (Briefings)

Pilot pacing 

Examples of personal accounts of distractions

NTSB and FAA investigating

Aggressive Mediocrity

Observation at Costco

Common theme of the show to inspire a new generation of professional pilots

New information about metering at mainline partners

Mainline partners: are they slowing down hiring from regionals?

Is it still a good idea to go to an ULCC

How to get a tour of a cockpit

Ask the lead flight attendant

Be nice

Bring treats

Wait until the end of your flight

History of the regional model

Pay scales, experience and the coltan crash in Feb 2009

What’s their purpose and how it’s changed over the years 

Point to point and mainline for hubs

How have the regionals adapted?

What’s the future of the regional model? 

200 SkyWest orders and the scope clause 

Since 2012, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines cap their regional airlines' jets at 76 seats and a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) at 86,000 lb (39 t)

Regionals as a means to an end. 

What’s your goal? Money and QOL? 

The holy trifecta (airframe, money and qol)

Should you go to a ULLC or wait it out?

As a general goal, most pilots want to go mainline ASAP 

Bottom line are you willing to lose seniority, pay and go on reserve for longer for a new life at the United’s of the world?  

Pilots are busy folk even when the autopilot is on!

Why don’t I post videos or pictures from inflight? 

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The elephant in the room: Southwest Airlines

A disaster in the making. Herb Kelleher’s airline is suffering because of profit hungry executives.  Southwest IT department hails from the 1990s and needs an extreme makeover!

Aggressive Mediocrity: 

More and more people are ok with doing the bare minimum and are proudly mediocre. How is this affecting the industry?