SWA Overwater certification ?
05-19-2013, 01:26 PM
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SWA Overwater certification ?
Does anyone have any idea what the status of SWA's overwater certification program is at this time? How far completed is it at this point? Estimated date for flights to locations besides SJU. Or is SWA waiting on Amadeus upgrade to their reservations system in order to start flying to these cities.
05-20-2013, 04:37 AM
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Does anyone have any idea what the status of SWA's overwater certification program is at this time? How far completed is it at this point? Estimated date for flights to locations besides SJU. Or is SWA waiting on Amadeus upgrade to their reservations system in order to start flying to these cities.
05-23-2013, 10:48 PM
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TO: ALL PILOTS
FROM: VICE PRESIDENT FLIGHT OPERATIONS DATE: MAY 17, 2013
RE: Completion of Class II Navigation Validation Flights
Southwest Airlines successfully completed FAA validation flights for Class II Navigation and extended overwater operations. These non-revenue flights were operated from BWI to SJU on Class II routes through WATRS airspace and validated our training, procedures, and contingencies for both Flight Crews and Dispatchers. In the coming days, the FAA will officially approve our request to add these authorizations to our OpSpecs.
Training for these procedures is still underway and will be completed in the next few months. We plan to begin operating Class II routes in August.
FROM: VICE PRESIDENT FLIGHT OPERATIONS DATE: MAY 17, 2013
RE: Completion of Class II Navigation Validation Flights
Southwest Airlines successfully completed FAA validation flights for Class II Navigation and extended overwater operations. These non-revenue flights were operated from BWI to SJU on Class II routes through WATRS airspace and validated our training, procedures, and contingencies for both Flight Crews and Dispatchers. In the coming days, the FAA will officially approve our request to add these authorizations to our OpSpecs.
Training for these procedures is still underway and will be completed in the next few months. We plan to begin operating Class II routes in August.
05-24-2013, 10:39 AM
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TO: ALL PILOTS
FROM: VICE PRESIDENT FLIGHT OPERATIONS DATE: MAY 17, 2013
RE: Completion of Class II Navigation Validation Flights
Southwest Airlines successfully completed FAA validation flights for Class II Navigation and extended overwater operations. These non-revenue flights were operated from BWI to SJU on Class II routes through WATRS airspace and validated our training, procedures, and contingencies for both Flight Crews and Dispatchers. In the coming days, the FAA will officially approve our request to add these authorizations to our OpSpecs.
Training for these procedures is still underway and will be completed in the next few months. We plan to begin operating Class II routes in August.
FROM: VICE PRESIDENT FLIGHT OPERATIONS DATE: MAY 17, 2013
RE: Completion of Class II Navigation Validation Flights
Southwest Airlines successfully completed FAA validation flights for Class II Navigation and extended overwater operations. These non-revenue flights were operated from BWI to SJU on Class II routes through WATRS airspace and validated our training, procedures, and contingencies for both Flight Crews and Dispatchers. In the coming days, the FAA will officially approve our request to add these authorizations to our OpSpecs.
Training for these procedures is still underway and will be completed in the next few months. We plan to begin operating Class II routes in August.
05-24-2013, 02:51 PM
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08-15-2013, 06:16 AM
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If you look at Flightaware history for the past few weeks, SWA has been doing BWI-SJU, but they are definitely not operating in the WATRS area. . . . Looks like everything's going over NUCAR and GTK, so not sure if that's still 162 or not, but definitely not WATRS.
08-19-2013, 01:17 AM
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