ASA planes taxiing too fast!

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The POH says that straight ahead taxi speed should not exceed 15 knots.

Are you sure it is not a "walking pace" so as to not out run your wing walkers. Maybe they changed the POH since many of us were considering a "walking pace" to be the pace of a long legged indian in a hurry with a tail wind.

Besides, if you taxi slow, an AirTran tug driver will rear end your jet.

 

[Whataburger]

Guys you need to slow down especially in ATL. The POH says that straight ahead taxi speed should not exceed 15 knots.

15kts!!! Dont ya have to drag the breaks or open the buckets to go that slow?

 

[flyer172r]

I'm guessing you've never had Southwest taxiing behind you. Those guys will teach you how not to taxi slow.

 

[ohplease!]

15kts!!! Dont ya have to drag the breaks or open the buckets to go that slow?

yep..

 

[ohplease!]

Guys you need to slow down especially in ATL. The POH says that straight ahead taxi speed should not exceed 15 knots.

The speed tape in my jet won't read 15kts. How will I know when I've exceeded it?

 

[-9Capt]

You guys (ASA) are in mediation right?

 

[ToiletDuck]

you're kidding, right?

...for a first post, I'm sure this is the best $10 bucks you've ever spent!

You spent $10? Why?

To the first poster... If they want to go fast let them. Here in block or better land we'll go at the speed of a "Brisk walk".

 

[ohplease!]

You guys (ASA) are in mediation right?

maybe 3% of us get what you're saying. Man, we still have guys who won't reject planes with maintenance discrepencies....taxiing too fast is the least of our issues.

 

[shamrock]

Man, we still have guys who won't reject planes with maintenance discrepencies..../quote]

Just curious, but how likely is it to get cabin temps in the 37C-38C range with an operating APU? I ask because during my 1.5 hour taxi in ATL tonight I heard 2 Captains on 31.15 asking flight control about returning to the gate because they had those temps in the back and were looking at an hour plus taxi. I wouldn't want to judge anyone unfairly, but I've never seen 37 or 38 with an operable APU so I would suspect they might have taken busted airplanes.

 

[ToiletDuck]

You can't fly them without the APU?