About interpretation of rules for SWA. *I have a lot of friends that
fly for Southwest. *They are very good and very professional. *If
their jets were not well maintained, they would squawk about it. *Hey,
we're pilots, that's what we do. *I don't hear any of that from them.
The rules are the same for everyone, they are enforced as equally as
is humanly possible. *Yes, folks at the FAA are human so you will get
different decisions sometimes but at the FSDO level it's probably not
"politically" motivated.

Reb, sorry about the FAA/DOT thing. Thats what I meant to post but it
was early in the morning. I have been in the biz for 20 years and have
many friends over at SWA including a good soaring buddy and all of
them would be the first to admit they have a bunch of cowboys at SWA.
The rules are administered by A POI for each certificate holder and
the interpritaions vary wildly from airline to airline. If you need
proof of this just take a look at some of the stuff that goes on at
JetBlue. I never siad anything about the "FSDO" level and you can rest
assured that Congressmen put plenty of influence on the DOT.
Getting off my soap box now.
Thanks

Reb
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