Southwest airlines had a culture of turning around fast at the gate. So maybe no...

dghlsakjg · 2026-09-10T23:08:00

Fast gate turnarounds have nothing to do with what happens in the cockpit. That affects the cleaning crews.

Take a look at Southwest's safety record. I believe they have 1 fatality due to an air incident in their history due to an uncontained engine failure that was not related to maintenance.

AnimalMuppet · 2026-09-11T02:12:36

1 passenger fatality. They also have at least one ground fatality. (Still very impressive!)

waterTanuki · 2026-09-10T23:02:23

Turnaround at a gate and a life-or-death go-around judgement are two entirely different operations governed by entirely different sections of the FAA.

Also this was Amazon, not Southwest.

sxde · 2026-09-10T23:09:24

I think the point being made is that time-pressure can come from a company's culture, not just its (unspoken) policies.

thisismyanon2 · 2026-09-11T10:42:33

Southwest's had a few dramatic overruns by pilots overeager to get on the ground, notably at Burbank (no fatalities) and Midway (one death).