SWA#245 KTPA 14 July TOO LOW!

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.

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

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!

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

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

"Diverted to Ft Lauderdale without incident." Except for all the pax hoping to get to Tampa, who are now on the other side of the state!

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

OMG.. I can't believe you posted this video on that Sunday I was outside I live in Clearwater actually Dunedin but this SWA plane flew over my house so low I could see details on the skin of the aircraft I am near an approach for PIE and wonder why the hell they were routing this plane east to west to line up to a north-south runway I figured to go around some of the local thunderstorms that were happening but it's still seems so not correct and was blown away by how low this airplane was, it was so obviously not a normal situation I scratched my head and went on with my day now I ran into this video I watch your channel a lot and now I know the rest of the story story. This one hit close to home Wow just wow.

Here in Finland out local carrier, Finnair, has had trouble using RNAV lately. Russia is disrupting GPS signals all around their land border, and the disruption extends deep enough to Finland to cover major airports.

Baltimore: ship hits bridge. Tampa Bay: HOLD MY BEER

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

Below the hard deck doesn’t count Maverick! 😂

When you see sail boats Pull Up!

Great video! It sounds like this flight crew didn't check approach clearances. As a former railroad conductor, one of my responsibilities was to make sure railroad equipment was not staged too close to switches so that any approaching railroad equipment could make safe clearances past other railroad equipment waiting on sidings. I had to physically check the switchpoints to make sure that the switchpoints are lined and locked correctly for either the mainline or the siding, otherwise there would be a collision, or a near miss. I believe railroads are similar to airlines with regard to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), as well as all other rules and regulations that are to be followed in the rulebook that we call the General Code of Operating Rules (GCOR) nicknamed the "railroaders' bible", issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). On the railroad, you always follow correct procedures, rules, and regulations as currently issued in the GCOR, or there is a likelihood of an accident that would seriously injure or even kill you!

He was lining up on the Countney Campbell Causeway.

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

Runway, roadway. What's the difference? It's all the same city.

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!

I hope the pilot and first officer get some additional training after this incident.