I fly SWA SPECIFICALLY because of you, Ernie….. The passion, but most importantly enthusiasm you and your fellow aviators have for SWA and your craft makes me feel immensely more comfortable knowing consummate professionals are at the yoke. Add on top majority of the team are US Veterans, SWA is a true winner. P.S. SWA if you see this, Give Ern that fourth stripe!

@SSAviation737

2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait until he gets is 4th stripe!

@carolynsteed3649

2 жыл бұрын

When you love your job as you surely do, the world is your oyster. A spotter at Tampa calls SWA the smiling jet when landing& sure enough, the landing lights looks like it's smiling & I've dubbed them ]]the turn & burn letting no grass grow under the wheelson takeoff.Would love to meet a superstar if ever flying out of OKC to Atlanta & on to NOLA.

@TheSoftballstar1261

2 жыл бұрын

^^^^^

Hey there Ern. I recently got accepted into Destination 225 program with Southwest! I am supposed to be assigned a pilot mentor soon. Your videos have been a bit inspiration to me. Maybe we’ll be flying together in the future!

@fieldparsons2287

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the 225 program! It’s a party 🎉

@ljthirtyfiver

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew about that program when I started flight school a few years back . Good luck man give it all you got

@exnavybear2865

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations!!

@stackspilot

2 жыл бұрын

If I gave you my email can I email you with some questions?

@arsenefoka7739

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations and see you in the sky

Thank you for sharing. Always fly safe.

Love that big, keen attitude you got going there, Big Ern. It's refreshing, just the way I like tom roll in this job, too.

Awesome plane, awesome weather, and awesome airport!

Thank you Ernie! Great video content as always!

That's what I call a room with a view! And that Southwest livery is just gorgeous on the Max. Always love when you take us on the walk around Ernie. Great upload, as always.

Great video big Ern! Hopefully looking forward to flying on the SWA Max in August from BWI to San Diego. I always admire how you critique yourself. Always trying to improve! Safe travels!

Just found your channel. Great content. Makes me want to rethink about getting my pilot license. Thank you for your service!

Another great video!! So happy your back flying. Have a great week hiring!! See you next time!!

GREAT content as always!! Look forward to your weekly episodes. Safe travels.

You have the best cockpit videos and just seeing the interior and explanation of the setup for flight never gets old. Your presentation is one of a kind. Thanks Ern.

Love how you give an inside look at the daily operations of flight crew @ SWA. Look forward to flying with you!! I'm a BWI based FA. Keep the videos coming Ern!!

Listening to you guys laugh about the landing rating is awesome. Thank you for sharing this and your positive voice , attitudes and smiles.

Awesome video Ern! I peaked at the tail number and my wife and I just recently flew on this exact plane. So smooth and quiet, I fell asleep actually. Good videos keep it up!

Always great. Very enjoyable, as usual. Happy Mother's Day to Mrs.Ern

Ernie I just want to say that your energy is amazing and you are an inspiration to me. One day I hope to be a pilot for southwest because ever since I was a kid I’ve flown southwest and every time it has gone so smooth and I love everything about the airline.

The 737 MAX 8 sure is a beauty! I love the look of the bigger engines and dual winglets!

I’m glad I found your channel. My son-in-law is a Max pilot and the more you teach me, the less I have to ask him! Fly safe.

Ern great Cousin Eddie reference! Last month flew SWA from PHL-MDW-SAN the. Back SAN-DEN-PHL was hoping you were flying but you were off until the 29 on you vlog. Thanks for letting us see what it is like both up in the air and on the ground. Safe travels to you all at SWA

Just found your channel, really enjoyed your enthusiasm in aviation. Thank you for sharing.

I'm a big fan of the Marriott just down the road. Great patio seating that overlooks the runways. Makes for a pleasant happy hour.

Looks like you have a new camera quality is much better........... love the video's captain

Glad to see SWA taking more deliveries of the MAX recently. Would be pretty cool Ern if you got the opportunity to fly one of the brand new jets from the delivery center at Boeing Field down to Phoenix!

I miss the nav lights on the back of the winglets

Love the SWA 737 MAX 🥰🥰🥰 It's always my dream to fly wit SWA...hopefully soon!

Great video like alwaysp

Great video Capt Ern. We want to see that 4th stripe.

Flew for the first time in the Max last week, TPA->FLL->HAV. I was kinda nervous given all the accidents but hey it was a smooth ride.

What you said about the wing making it harder to get down because it’s too aerodynamic (if that’s such a thing) is the exact same thing I experience on the aircraft i fly now. Thing does not like to slow the F down Thanks big Ern I’m looking to maybe one day joining you on the 737 one day. Wanna say thank you in person.! I got about 570 multi turbine time and sic on two types. I’ll be going for pic ride in a few days.

Great stuff.

Whenever I go to visit my parents in Maryland I fly out of Orange County (SNA) and I fly into Baltimore (BWI) using Southwest. It's always been a great flight. It would be an honor if I was on the same flight as you Ernie.

Oh wow! Loving the content. Looking forward for more. Glad to see pilots loving the Max. Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲. Ever flown here?

Hey Big Ern! New subscriber here. I guess you could say I grew up in the airline industry. My dad was as a lead A&P on line maintenance at KRDU, 30 years in. He started at PHI Helicopters on the gulf coast, then went to Piedmont Airlines in the mid-80s and on to USAir after their merger. He spent a couple of years at ComAir in Greensboro, NC KGSO working phase-check maintenance on their CRJ's. I think he enjoyed spending his last years in the industry inside a hangar, after so many years on line maintenance in Raleigh, in the weather. lol He passed away in 2013 but it's because of him that I have such a profound love of all things that fly. Unfortunately I did not go the aviation route as a career even though that was my life's passion. Anyway, I am a huge 737 fan going all the way back to the 200's. The Max is just the absolute pinnacle of the family. What a beautiful aircraft. That cockpit is utterly amazing. Things have come so far! I'm glad they are working so hard to bring them out and back to the field. Thanks for what you do! I have thoroughly enjoyed the videos I have seen so far. It really brings back so many memories of crawling all over them with my dad as a kid. I can almost smell the skydrol sometimes! LOL

Speaking of the Max. I just ordered a SWA Max in diecast (N8730Q) and according to FR24 its currently flying from OGG to SMF. Nice Virgin dreamliner and Sun Country seven-three at the beginning.

I can totally relate to your “Room with a view” comment to your wife. Mine offers the same reaction. Lol. Great video.

I flew on the MAX one time before it was grounded. It was the best aircraft I ever flew on. I am very anxious to get to fly on it again soon. Smoothest flying, quietest plane in the skies.

The Peppermill and the GSR are my two favorite hotels in Reno… we went to the ‘Mill a lot during my undergrad for the midnight steak and eggs for 5 bucks. Haven’t been there in a while with COVID, should go back again soon. I have a guy in my flotilla that works for them. I haven’t seen too many Maxes in RNO, hoping that I might get to be on one soon, and that I’ll have you as the FO!

Love the MAX....Beautiful Plane...

no peppermill, what the.....lol, I used ti live blocks away from peppermill nice place and loved living in reno, in Minnapolis now again but I watch your videos all the time and love em' , especially when the green hornet is being utilized, keep taping, hopefully we'll all get to see some wheels up footage in the southwest theater of operations, Peace, Brent

This is such a goated channel

I want to be a southwest pilot when I grow up!

Thanks for this vlog. You have an amazing evening. 2022.

Love Southwest! I fly SW exclusively except if there is a city I have to be SW doesn’t fly there. I have a list of every N-Number plane I’ve ever flown on SW. I’m starting to fly on multiple N numbers as I fly out of KMCI. I’m leaving for Memphis in the morning through KMDW and on to KMEM. I’ve flown on the Maxs several times they are very comfortable and yes they’re very quiet! Southwest is the very best in the air! Love using my Companion Status using it to go to the beach!

Damn, I love BigEm's channel !!! Always look forward to each new posting. Gotta luv SWA too, (flying with them next week: nonstop TPA to BDL - business select. ) "CAVU" , Guys. :-)

Commercial check ride is this week! Then I start cfi next week. Continuing to make progress toward my dream job!

I was just in Denver for 4 days and kept seeing southwest.. wondered if I’d see ya in the airport lol

I know what you mean about the hotel room you can see the runway from the MGM in Vegas the wife and I watched the planes for hours have to be a Airplane geek!!

Hi Ern! I thoroughly enjoyed ur video! This is my first time watching u and I just subscribed!!! I always use ur Airlines out of Midway to visit my niece and her family in Minneapolis. It's the best for great rates and employees both on the ground and in the air!!! I hope to meet u sometime. Keep up the great job of getting us safely to and from our destinations. 😉✈

love the vid!

What I am surprised about is the MAX you flew (N8814K) was one I recently flew on

Hey Ern! When are u gonna get that 4th stripe ? Just read on google that the clearance between the max's engine and the ground is 43 centimeters, that is not very much indeed! Great vid as always!

I have two flights coming up this Saturday on the 737 max

Hey Ern I love the 737 max

The one plane I am going to miss when it’s gone is the 737-700 series it is just a confortable configuration

Love how ya still get excited about the airport and a hotel with airport view. Glad I am not alone on that one - or has a spouse that doesnt care about the av geek either. Lol

Real nice Clark…

You can say it's Summer in Phoenix, it's hot (over 90+).

Hey Erin, when are you gonna do a Hawaii flight!? About time you got some island flying!

Can sure use those MAX's right about now with increasing fuel prices. Also, heard from a 30yr Boeing friend I know that the wing tips on the MAX are interchangeable, meaning they can actually swap them over to an NG series without issue and in fact, Boeing will be installing them onto the NG series (for the fuel savings). Also mentioned that the MAX can continue to operate if just 1 of the winglets becomes damaged (via ground or bird strike), unlike winglets on non-MAX aircraft.... I guess that happens often, eh?? Thought that was interesting information. ~ Happy Flying

No way I was a ramp agent at reno when you guys landed. We don’t get much maxes besides the ones Southwest brings in so I remember admiring it as its my favorite plane (other than the Dreamliner)😂. I’m heading to college to study aviation and get my pilots license…all because it’s my dream to fly a max!!!

Awesome video Erin🙏 Got a question; will you be sad when Southwest retires all of their NG’s? I mean, the Avgeek in me loves the sound of those engines. 😁

I was excited to hear you on the max but then it had no printer. Un-acceptable!

Love your videos! A good friend of mine is also a FO at SW in Phoenix (you know him, he's on the hiring team with you apparently. Initials KK.) I'm an avid flightsim enthusiast and I talk to him a lot about flows, procedures and all stuff Southwest to make my simulation as real as I can get it in my X-Plane Zibo B738. What I'd really like to see is a video of when and what stage of flight the various lights are turned on/off (LANDING/RETRACTABLE, TURN-OFF, TAXI, LOGO, WING & WHEEL WELL). [Position and Anti-Collision are obvious.😉] Altitudes (10,000 or FL180, etc) when they go on/off. Sounds silly, I'm sure, but I've pretty much mastered all the other systems. I just can't find anything on the specifics of the use of lights at SWA. Keep them videos coming! Between you and KK (and of course my VR headset!) I feel like I'm sitting in the left seat next to you guys!

I worked on the engine timers for max. Engine warm up and cool down timer. Should be coming out soon. 😃

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Hey Big Ern! Im new here but love the channel. I have been searching around and havent seen your take on the issues the 737 Maxx had and your trust in the way is was corrected. I traveled on one before the accidents back and forth to Europe but nowadays im not so sure I'd be quick to travel on that plane again. Thoughts?

Like seeing SY in the background. N841SY. 392 SFO-MSP.

Dream job

Interesting to know the max 8 is really slippery as well. I fly the max 9 and that thing just wants to goo, energy management vs the ng is very tricky.

Aircraft 8814 almost brand new 👍

It would be nice if Southwest flew to Toronto and Vancouver.

G,day Big Ernie from Sydney Australia. Are the charts on the screen in the MAX Jeppersen or straight from the FAA? With the "walk around" inspection of the aircraft, can we spend alittle more time having a look at the jet engines (donks) connections etc. Please...... 🐝💨

So my question is about your watch band. What is the brand and where can one purchase it? Thanks. And I certainly enjoy your videos!!

I am sure you've been asked this before, but when will SW allow you to do any in-flight videos! Would love to see some in-flight stuff!

Hey ERN always wondered who cleans the cock pit ,I have been told the main cabin cleaners aren't allowed in the flight deck ,I guess in case they touch something and cause all kinds of chaos ,I can't imagine an engineer cleaning are there specially trained cleaners or does an engineer oversee the cleaning just curious . Cheers Kym Adelaide

I got a great shot of a 737 leaving out of ATL flying through a cloud and he split it right up the middle😲 I couldn't believe I caught that🙃

Big Erin ! Great video as always. Just got my new 737 for flight sim. SWA was my first flight. KPHX to KSEA. How do you like the max ?? Looks like a great bird

I didn’t know the the bottom end of the wing tip is different than the ones on the 737-900ER.

Another great video BigErn. Love those large screens on the MAX. When I flew the B737 many moons ago the displays were called EADI & EHSI. We had both a speed tape and an analog AS Indicator. The altimeter and VSI were analog as well. I’ve been on the Airbus for quite some time and now it’s just PFD and ND. Is it called that as well on the B737?

@krflies9840

2 жыл бұрын

IIRC, when the NG’s were fairly new at the time when the Classics reigned WN’s fleet, the NG’s didn’t have an operational VNAV. That way, pilots could fly the NG’s the same manner they fly the Classics.

@Uruguayanflyers

2 жыл бұрын

On the NG screens are PFD and ND whereas in the MAX they’re just called Inboard and Outboard displays.

My conductor was a Captain with Southwest for years! I wonder if you know him. His name is Kevin Kozacek

Really cool video, glad the MAX is getting some recognition again considering it's troubled past! Just curious though, on a slightly separate note, you mentioned that Todd has a son at UND named Carter. I'm actually a flight instructor currently working with UND, should be heading to the airlines in a few months now, but I actually once had a student named Carter a couple years ago, I don't suppose it's the same person? When did Carter start flight training at UND?

Hi Big Ern, Thanks for the video. Great as always. I love the MAX. I recently flew on it LAX-OAK and SJC-LAX. It was much quieter than the NG, but I was expecting it to be even more quiet because of the hype. The AC didn’t blow as hard as the NG, though. What were your legs to get back to PHX on day three? Best, Max

@iamra_n3189

2 жыл бұрын

It sound like a giant vacuum cleaner, but in the next room. I wouldn't mind it louder even! But, I'm a plane nut I suppose...

Hi, Ern. I'm flying from Las Vegas to Ontario/LA this Friday. Early Morning. Are you flying that day for the first flight I believe? That would be cool!

I swear I’ve seen you fly me before. Have you ever done a Hawaii flight, cause that’s where I remember?

The neighbor SW plane also went all the way same route as yours ? 😊

Look forward to you being in the left seat.

What’s the max crosswind (takeoff and landing) for the MAX8?

Love SFO

SWA has a great business model. Book SW you fly SW. No cramped regional jets. 737 only. One plane to fly one to maintain. One type rating. Now, all I need is a direct from KTUS to KDEN. United has it.

Hi Ernie!! I heard your previous bird (the tanker) was hard to land in crosswinds because of the larger engines they retrofitted but the Max also seems to have this lower ground clearance. In your experience, how does the Max compare - is it easier to land in crosswinds than your previous bird? Thanks!

An airplane that was designed for a stairway to ingress/egress. It’s an outdated design. That’s why it’s so low.

I do flight simulation as a side hobby and fly both the 737 NGs and the Max fleet. I'm no real pilot but what I see comparing, is it me or does that max feel a bit more smooth....

Hey Big Ern. 1) How much of a transition flying the 737-800 to flying the Max8? Sounds like there's a learning curve. 2) When are we going to see you in the left seat? Great videos.

Loved the video but, hope you don't mind a blunt question. Are you not frightened to fly the Max after the two crashes and all of what has come out about Boeing's quality control?

@Erm - since the max is quieter, is the noise abatement the same for the max vs older 737s when leaving SNA?

SALUDOS DESDE MÉXICO, BENDICIONES

Brilliant. Love the MAX. Honestly, though, I won't be happy when SWA becomes all MAXes and retires the NGs because I probably won't have the chance to fly them lol. Feels so weird to think about a plane called the "Next Generation" may be retiring in maybe 5 years haha.

Do you have to get checked off in both NG and MAX if so does that become annoying?

Hey Erin.....how do you power your iPad on trips? I never see a power connection?

There is no requirement for ear protection or high vis during walk around on apron?