SWA#245 KTPA 14 July TOO LOW!

That C-17 at Peter O Knight still holds the prize though.

Wonder if anyone on that bridge had a dashcam, that would have given them a fright - pretty low right over the road.

SWA Retired - Again! - These incidents are inexcusable. An absolute disregard for SOP’s, Approach Procedures, and Common Sense. Especially taking into consideration recent events. CRM isn’t just about common courtesy on the flight deck - It’s very much about mitigating errors by any “one” pilot. You back each other up. I used to brief my partners “If you see something you don’t like - Please bring it up before we have to write it up”. Think/Evaluate before you do virtually anything. Old phrase - “Straighten up and fly right “. Come on guys, don’t mess up a good thing. The procedures exist for a reason. Your elders are watching... Don’t let us down.

As a fellow airline captain, I have flown in Tampa numerous amount of times and I have never landed on runway 10 RNAV pr visually, definitely unusual and could pose a Threat. One thing I can say from years of Jumpseat and Southwest is that when they are cleared for the visual, many times they will set 00000 in the ALT selector. Just stating an observation simply. I am always grateful to their professional pilots for thousands of rides to work. Be safe out there everyone! Thanks JB!

And here I was thinking me and my kid would take a quick hop from Corpus to Houston on Southwest so he could go on his first flight lol

Below the hard deck doesn’t count Maverick! 😂

I have got to stop trying to scroll YOUR screen on MY iPad …. I do this every time 🤦‍♂️ Lol

I retired 6 years ago from a US major and it was always a practice to backup a vis with some kind of approach.

You're absolutely correct Juan, fly the plan all the way to the runway. This is purely pilots error in my opinion...why didn't the pilot not flying see this !? Thx Juan

Bridge is the Courtney Campbell Causeway, Linking Tampa to Clearwater. Several years back, that would have taken them right over my house. Of note, just south of there is the St. Petersburg / Clearwater airport, and their North to South approach to 35R intersects that path.

When you see sail boats Pull Up!

He was lining up on the Countney Campbell Causeway.

What amazes me is that with all those fancy modern instruments, LCD screens, GPS, these incidents keep happening as if it's 1950's and not the 2020's.

This is nuts. The controller only issued the altimeter because it’s required phraseology for a low altitude alert in the 7110.65. That routine alert likely saved the flight

Seems like the SWA approach was precise but not accurate.

There was one a few years ago that almost landed at a small GA airport in the San fernando Valley of Los Angeles, They were supposed to land at Burbank, but lined up on Whiteman luckily recognized their mistake on short final.

My best friend's son, a retired KC-135 Air Guard pilot, is a senior pilot with SWA. Perhaps I'll make a inquiry what the heck's going on.

Holy crap! Another one?

Man i never tought i would say it, but at least air canada makes it to the airport and lands on the taxi way and not the highway!

Been waiting on this one! Great video as always! I initially thought windshear as well, but the PIREP from the prior arrival said it wasn't particularly bad. Then the lack of a windshear report from the incident aircraft raised all sorts of red flags.