Southwest Airlines The Captain Speaking

[aviationfan6776]

wow lol its empty

[stoneweapon]

Gimmee my 29 seconds back!

[shadowblade145]

He said a GROUND speed of 500 MPH, the speed in the air and on the ground differ greatly above a certain speed and hight.

[beaum1cah]

why did this get 113,215 views?

[HeliFlightRCU]

@beaum1cah cause you watched it, lol.

[charlieiscool1000]

where the hell was everyone there are alot of empty seats was it not very busy?

[jxycat78]

Great video. Thanks!

[travelplus1]

and he shat himself lol

[themeanguyguy]

the handsmah on keyboard in search box worked :D

[fightinbluehen07]

SWA does things that allow it to maintain steady costs, for example they buy oil futures. They have great customer retention, because their service is excellent. The seat yourself idea has been improved upon by SWA but not replicated by any other airline.

[robagl]

wow....what an empty flight...don't see that to often on SWA

[HeyKathyK]

BORING video - what was the point of that?

[thehalfvolley]

To make sure youtube has every video possible of course. Don't u know anything? Try this: click the search box, smash one hand on the key board. Then press enter. Chances are you'll get a vd

[FSXboeing28]

Everytime I did that it worked!!! cool..

[themeanguyguy]

aha i tried the smash hand thing it worked lol.. damn ppl post nething

[halowars123451]

jets are more stylish, but boeing a bit old, why never consider embearer or CRJ

[PaulizAgg]

how are 737 old , yes the actual design is old but are you forgetting that SW uses the 700-900 models which are newer.

[AluminumCloud74]

SWA flies the -300, -500, and -700 only. But you're right, most of the fleet are the newer -700 series, and SWA buys new planes all the time, while retiring the old ones. They're great airplanes, and they do a great job.

[SavioB747A380]

They should have used an ATR-42 not a Boeing for such few passengers.

[B757204]

Southwest doesn't operate ATR's

[lvtunerz]

dumb ass , whats next a Q400 hahaha

[BrunsAce]

SouthWest only operates 737 aircraft. It is a practice that has worked very well for them. With an entire fleet of the same type of aircraft, maintenance costs are lower...also the 737, with it's smaller size, is quite adaptable to larger and smaller numbers of passengers.

At any rate, odds are that this is a connecting flight and more passengers are to board at the next stop.

[llamaghawa]

Amen

[djmaster1995]

Hay... Thats a pretty empty flight ;] ur lucky normally their overbooked

[PatrykTHEplayerS]

Once i was flying and we'd landed in san francissco the capitan started to sing-'And remember;we love you, you love us, we're much faster than others, we hope you enjoyed our hospitality, date one of us and you'll free'....that was jokes!

[wbhsb11]

Actually the video of that is a flight attendant singing "we love you you love us, we're much faster than the bus, we hope you enjoyed our hospitality, date one of us and you'll fly free! haha:)

[Gr8TeaLvr]

I wonder where they were flying to. I have never had one of their flights where there were so many empty seats.

[raptureboi]

Uhh Austin? LOL

[SoccerGoalkeeper]

Wow! That 737 was very empty!

[adw28productions]

Yah, Whenever I fly it is like impossible to find a seat. (Same Airline)

[cag3171a]

SHIT! I had to take a shit in the rear bathroom of a super 80. Couldn't hear myself think. Or fart for that matter.

[Wabitfan]

no wonder they loose money. look at that

[ansettaddict123]

thats a really empty plane!!! u cant here what he says thou...

[johnwarman54]

man i get chills watching live cameras from real cabins! I have asked my mom if I could jsut take a short flight from midway to detroit i'm so flight enthusiastic!

[ibanezguitar1]

empty plane? swa flight are usaualy jam packed

[jtmd11]

What the hell was so interesting about this??? A cabin announcement??? WOW!!!!

do you have hours more we can listen to??

[azzyo9]

it was probably some lunatic lol

[Thomsonfly93]

why post a SHITTY COMMENT!!!!!!!????????

[44adam1]

theres liken nobody on that plane! where were u going

[JimmyHopkins2]

This would've been funnier

'[pilot talk] and to those of you in the Mile High Club, we can hear you even inside the nice darkness of the cockpit'

[arenaskies]

lol

[samware89]

y have u filmed this??

[NozeDive]

Those empty seats are why I fail to see the logic in building bigger passenger planes. Bigger cargo or freight planes, sure, but each empty seat on a commercial aircraft is nonrecoverable revenue. Anytime an aircraft pulls away from the gate with empty seats, the airline looses money.

[danetrain0101]

That is actually not true. They just dont maximize the profit they could have made.

The reason why they build bigger planes is because the majority of flights are always full and it is more cost effective to send a 747 over seas than 2 or 3 737's.

[NozeDive]

I agree that it would be cheaper to send one aircraft, rather than two, but I don't believe "most" flights are full. (Unless you can point me in the direction of some verifiable statistics).

Also, I may have exaggerated if I implied one empty seat will cause an airline's stocks to plummet, but how do you get revenue out of an empty seat?

(Sorry if I sound harsh, that's not my intention.)

»Tony

[AluminumCloud74]

How do you get revenue from an empty seat? Southwest Cargo baby!

[fsxnoob1]

Nozedive, they make bigger planes to go farther. danetrain, most overseas flights could not be made by 737s.

[danetrain0101]

Yes, but there are plenty of long distance routes flown by 737. A newer model 737-900ER has a range of about 3200nm in a typical 2 class layout. A old 100 model can only travel about 1800nm.

[fsxnoob1]

well i didnt mean the later ER models of the 737. imagine a 747, A340, or A380 with an ER model!

[rotondi123]

747 does have an ER version

[fsxnoob1]

i know. 7,600 miles!!

[ken92660]

Just to back you up. an ANA B737-700ER BBJ travels from Tokyo, Japan to Dubai, India.

Just awesome.

[greenmonster752201]

dubai isnt in india

[Thomsonfly93]

by the way Dubai is next to Egypt and the stste is called United Arab

[ssgtakeo]

Dubai is nowhere near Egypt. You got the entire freakin Arabian Peninsula in between. When did you last look at a map?

[Thomsonfly93]

Sozs could you please calm down i got my facts wrong wae hae

[yosniffy]

but dubai isnt in india so it doesnt matter =D

[rotondi123]

not true because a 737 cant even make it across the seas and most flights are not full

[danetrain0101]

There are plenty of 737 seas that go over seas. Sure, they don't all originate from the US, but there are plenty of flights out there.

[rotondi123]

well i see where your coming from but i meant us to another continent not like us to st. maartens or something like that, if they didnt have the 767,777,747 then it would be impossible to travel to another continent, at least until the a380 comes out

[danetrain0101]

The A380 has been out for a month now.

The only problem with it is that it can only fly into certain airports. The thing weighs so much it cracks pavement and destroys runways.

I think there are only a handful of airports that it can fly into right now.

[rotondi123]

thats true but i meant till its a comman aircraft and even then most airlines wont have them

[obertje12345]

I flew from los angeles fom australia on a 737 ER... yeah...

[BRANDONK22]

what airline was that

[cag3171a]

That's like driving from Bangor Maine to San Diego in a fucking Yugo.

[JATO457]

@danetrain0101 i can fly into any airport that the 747-400 can fly into.

[danetrain0101]

@JATO457 Yes, I am sure that is very true, in a simulated environment.

[JATO457]

@danetrain0101 no, it actually lands within 10000 ft.

[danetrain0101]

@JATO457 The problem isn't the landing distance, it is the weight. The a380 has a ramp weight of 1.2 to 1.3 million pounds and a landing weight of 600,000 to 800,000 lbs. The 747 lands at around 450,000 or so. The problem is that the A380 will literally crack the pavement.

[JATO457]

@danetrain0101 Thats why just about every airport that has airlines that have puchased the A380 have strengthened their runways and widened them. Also, lift is still being produced by the wings so the plane doesn't land hard. It will land hard, but it won't happen often.

[danetrain0101]

@JATO457 What do you mean the wings still produce lift?

[JATO457]

@danetrain0101 A wing doesn't stop producing lift as soon as it goes under Vr, it instead produces less lift, but it gently lets the plane down.

[groomlakealien]

Aloha Airlines didn't go from US to another continent but 6 hours to Hawaii should count for something.

[MacBooker4444]

where is eveyone?

[rolfen]

I thought the captain was gonna say something funny.

[enjoi675s]

transcrip please?

cheap seats!

[craftbre]

Its southwest airlines they are all cheap seats.

[prjeo]

err that was an empty plane ! lmao

[richardayton]

i don't see what the point is in this video rofl

[USAFDude1988]

Fly Delta Air Lines?

[enjoi675s]

lol

[sasuto8000]

im gonna go on southwest on wednesday

[flygrl510]

Looks like you need more passengers...

[summerdude]

wow half the seats are empty, thats not very common any more.

[imanerd36]

I *HEART* South West!

[killermaster16000]

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FOREVER!

[FENWAY14]

That flight looked like a non-rev's dream! GO SOUTHWEST!