SWA Overwater certification ?
08-19-2013, 11:49 AM
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It has been likened to changing the engine on a car - while travelling to the highway.
Assigning seats however, is not the issue.
08-20-2013, 05:55 AM
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08-20-2013, 06:21 AM
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OK, Chief. If you say so, but you're starting to sound like your crew we heard on the freq last week repeatedly asking ATC for "direct BEANO". The Controller patiently informed them that they didn't seem to have the equipment suffix for a flight through WATRS airspace. . . which didn't seem to sink in. "We got ETOPS!" They kept repeating. "We can take direct BEANO!".
08-20-2013, 07:49 AM
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Because the current system isn't capable of the many transactions required to sell international tickets. Things like currency conversion, passport and visa requirements and a myriad of other complexities have to be integrated in to a res system that can't be simply turned off.
It has been likened to changing the engine on a car - while travelling to the highway.
Assigning seats however, is not the issue.
It has been likened to changing the engine on a car - while travelling to the highway.
Assigning seats however, is not the issue.
08-20-2013, 08:13 AM
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And, just for the record, these changes aren't usually implemented into the existing "live" software, but are run on a parallel system, until the bugs are worked out. . . . More like having an engine built and run on a test stand, while the "real" car is being driven, if you want to continue to use the same poor analogy.
08-20-2013, 08:48 AM
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That's right.
And, just for the record, these changes aren't usually implemented into the existing "live" software, but are run on a parallel system, until the bugs are worked out. . . . More like having an engine built and run on a test stand, while the "real" car is being driven, if you want to continue to use the same poor analogy.
And, just for the record, these changes aren't usually implemented into the existing "live" software, but are run on a parallel system, until the bugs are worked out. . . . More like having an engine built and run on a test stand, while the "real" car is being driven, if you want to continue to use the same poor analogy.
08-20-2013, 01:33 PM
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I heard that SWA sent their check airman a letter saying that International Operations won't begin until Oct 2014. That's cutting it pretty close since the last AT B737 is supposed to transition to SWA in Sep 2014, and AT disappears NLT 1 Jan 2015. SWA wouldn't miss another deadline would they???
08-24-2013, 10:45 AM
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OK, Chief. If you say so, but you're starting to sound like your crew we heard on the freq last week repeatedly asking ATC for "direct BEANO". The Controller patiently informed them that they didn't seem to have the equipment suffix for a flight through WATRS airspace. . . which didn't seem to sink in. "We got ETOPS!" They kept repeating. "We can take direct BEANO!".
As of August 11th, we have been doing Class II navigation through WATRS airspace. Taken directly from the bulletin;
Currently, the only aircraft in the fleet capable and authorized for conducting Class II flights are the -800 ETOPS aircraft.
Chief.
08-24-2013, 11:35 AM
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A current flight in WATRS airspace;
Southwest (WN) #1699 ? 24-Aug-2013 ? KBWI - TJSJ / SJU Flight Tracker ? FlightAware
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