“35 years later, I gave up the illusion of having a perfect day a long time ago…” Love it! Thanks for giving us these stories Ernie. Motivates me to keep pushing and join you at Southwest soon!

@brianomesa

2 жыл бұрын

Happy retirement Captain Larry.

Congratulations to Both Captain Larry and Big Ern for having achieved and working on achieving a lifelong dream of so many of us.

Congratulations Captain Larry! Ern, you are going to be an awesome Captain.

Congratulations to Capt Larry on retiring after 34 years. The aviation geek in me appreciates the communications with ATC ✈️. Happy New Year

Waiting for soon to be Capt Ern! You deserve it man. Love your channel! Thank you so much for the inside look of pilots and aviation

We wish you and Capt Larry a Happy and Healthy New Year!! Congratulations to Capt Larry on his retirement!! Wish him nothing but clear skies and tailwinds!!

Enjoyed as always, thanks Ern! Happy retirement Captain Larry!

Congratulations Captain!! Larry enjoy your retirement!! Have a Happy new year!! Another Great video Ern!!

What a great Captain, Keep it up BigErn

Great video! Happy retirement Captain Larry!

Fair winds and following seas, Capt Larry.

I absolutely love watching your videos and I’m not even a pilot but I’m very intrigued awesome videos

Happy retirement Capt. Larry. Thanks for the great content Ernie.

Nice pre check flight list. Congratulations to Captain Larry with his upcoming retirement! Well done! Enjoy the next chapter! Have a Happy Healthy New Year 2022! 🛫🎆🎈

Congratulations Captain Larry… Happy New Year!

Thank you Captain Larry, Happy retirement!

Capt. Larry = Total professional with solid advice. You will fill his shoes someday soon Big Ern!

Love your videos BigErn, Captain will come I never thought I would make it to the left seat and now I look back and realize that it seems like it happened along time ago and that just translates to the fact that Im getting old....heck I never thought that we would be using iPads and have a bad back thanks to the many forests that gave up there services for my charts back in the day....... stay safe

Congrats Cap Larry. Greetings from Brazil, South America.

Hey Ern another great video. The weather from Orange County looked bumpy as hell. Thanks for everything you do my friend. Happy New Year.

Happy New Year Ernie!! It’s almost been a year since I found your KZread channel! Every single video you make is amazing! I look forward to every time you post one! They keep inspiring me and motivate me to keep going and to work hard towards my dreams! Thanks for a year full of excellent KZread videos! I hope you and your family have a wonderful 2022! 💕 Isabella

Thank you, Ernie, for always giving your best. From this guy who knew WN in PHX back when they used the long since gone “Terminal 1”, my best to Captain Larry on his retirement.

Great video Ern, tell Captain Larry congratulations

Love the words of advice! Halfway through my commercial rating then on to cfi. Came through Phoenix a couple weeks ago and took my wife to the d gates just in case you were around. Next time!

Happy New Year, have a safe year

Happy New Years and I hope this year is great for you

Great Video! Loved watching it.

Congratulations Cpt. Larry on your retirement. Enjoy yourself! Happy New Year!!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Happy retirement captain!!!!!

Happy retirement Capt. Larry…Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Erin from the Windy and snowy city today . Great year of content and videos all with Humility, Humor , Style and Lessons Learned. As Captain stated, we may not enjoy everyone but the takeaways are invaluable. Safe travels ✈️

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank! Happy new year my friend👍🏽

Love the videos man happy new year!!🎊

Happy newyear bigern !!!

Happy New Year Big Ern!

Happy New Year Ernie! I hope 2022 will be the year you turn Captain. I'm so ready to see you filming from the other seat. XD

Congratulations Captain Larry, enjoy retirement, thanks for the words of wisdom.

Happy New years guys, Ern is it possible to talk about flying and maybe the approach speeds and everything to do with autopilot ,WHILE your flying when on autopilot, hope to see one, take care

Happy New Year to you and yours!

Happy New Years Ern! Can't get enough of your videos. Keep up the amazing content

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

Happy Retirement Captain Larry!

Happy New year’s Day 2022! Fly safe!

Good luck captain 🙏❤️❤️

Happy New Year big Ern! My wife and I are starting the year out right by flying SWA home to Baltimore after a week in Las Vegas. Prayers and blessings to you and your family for a wonderful 2022! Best wishes to captain Larry in his retirement from Southwest. I have over 300 flights on Southwest as a passenger, I hope Larry was a captain on one of them!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure he was! And thanks for your business. It’s what gives me the opportunity to fly for this great company👍🏽

Happy Retirement Cap!

Hey Cap Ern thanks again for sharing another day of work for you, a familiar voice for me on delivery frequency at Puerto Vallarta (my home town airport) although there has not been much flying for me lately since they brought a Cessna Caravan for the winter season…., hope to some day be able to meet you and say Hi to you …! Happy New Year.

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Hope so too! Happy new year!👍🏽

Awesome video...thx...just found your channel!

Happy retirement Captain Larry!

Mr. Ern...I would like your to explain from a pilots veiw, the issues initially with the 737 Max. I enjoy your enthusiasm for your career at Southwest. Thanks!

Happy new year

That Delta gate did well by me 2 days before Christmas. I was the very first person in line for security at the gate at 8am. Sorry to confess, I didn't use Southwest for my flight back to the NY area though. I mean you did talk bad about LaGuardia in last video. LOL! Just kidding that wasn't the reason I didn't use Southwest. My car was in Newark. Congratulations Captain Larry. Enjoy retirement!

Happy New Year

Hi Ern, I'm a new sub to the channel. Really great info and great content. Happy I ran across you! I'm starting my airline career this month with a regional. Exciting times!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Dan! Congratulations and welcome to the industry 👍🏽

Happy New Years Ern

HI ERN NOT A PILOT MY DREAM OF BECOMING A PILOT WAS CUT SHORT IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS COLOR BLIND IN AUSTRALIA IN THOSE DAYS THAT WAS THE END OF BECOMING AN AIRLINE PILOT .So your videos are so great it's as close to flying as I can get , I did get a flight deck visit in a 747 on a Qantas flight to L.A in 1997 before terrorism changed everything ,and I do a 737 simulator occasionally which is fun .So thank you for your flight deck videos you pilots are very special people . Cheers from an australian aviation geek

Hey Ern! Any chance I could ask for a video in the future on what your reserve rules are, and the typical life of a reserve Pilot at Southwest. Appreciate all you do keep up the good work.

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea! And since I’ll likely be on reserve as a new Captain It’s good timing👍🏽

Happy new year! SNA is my local airport.

I work at hdq. Love these videos

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Michael! See you around campus one day👍🏽

Happy New Year!!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

Happy New Year!! "Attention all passengers, we know you're heading to Chicago, IL, but the Captain wanted to do a quick stop by the duty-free in Puerto Vallarta. You'll be able to disembark for a couple hours. Thank you."

Great Video! Why do you say "Upper" instead of "Uniform" in the clearance ?

Just found your channel Sir... Love it...My cousin Kim Hucherson works for SW based out of PHX..... If you run into her, please send her my love!!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

OOOOOOOF. That clearance delivery was rough. No chance I could comprehend that in real time.

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

It takes a bit but anticipation helps👌🏽

Hopefully, the high Ds have international gates!

nice vids! Unfortunately no footage of the actual flights:(( Keep up the good work though!

Happy new year my friend :D

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

SALUDOS DESDE MÉXICO MI CAPITAN

Happy New Year to you.🍷🍷🎄🎉🎊🎆🍺🍺🎇🍸🍸🌹🎄 May you and your family have many many more great years.🍸🍸🍸

Flew GA into MMPR last week. It was crazy! Lots of paperwork and stamps to get before we could leave. How much, if any, did you omit and what’s handled by HQ?

Id love to see you try out one of the desktop simulators and give ur thoughts on it!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to. Sam and I are going to film one together👍🏽

1:46 the plane comes from the hangar by taxiing and not a tug. never seen this.but the question is: does the guy in the cockpit need a pilots license for taxiing only or has some maintenance crew also the license for taxi

Great video bigErn. Thanks for posting this type of content. I don’t know if this is accurate but you remind me of the rock lol Anyways, one day I’ll be doing the same thing you are! Keep it up

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the “big” compliment😁. Love that guy! Cheers!

cool to hear from the Capitan

Doesn't PHX have U.S. Customs. Why the stop in SNA for customs?

Hey Ern, what is your opinion on the crash that took place just outside of Gallespie airport?

What does it mean when on your read back you said "right turn 270 at the 250 dme" for your departure. Happy new year to you and happy flying. Keep it up and hopefully this year you can get another strip!!!

@joeylong5489

2 жыл бұрын

@@terminalgoods1650 Thank you!!! Great explanation. That makes so much more sense on what they did for their departure.

Amazing video, once again, Ern! You set TA/RA that early? Is that a WN procedure?

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is and it took me a bit to get used to it😁

can you show us takeoff and landing ?

7:51 is the sweeping a requirement (by customs) because it is a international trip, or just cleaning between the legs?

You came into SNA and never said hi to me, I was one of the cleaners... FOR SHAME!!! lol

Nice channel

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting!

Hey Ern! Happy new year and great video as always. You may remember, but I’m a student pilot and my dream job is Southwest. After my Private license I will be applying to Destination 225. I am about 5 flights away from my Private Pilot Checkride. Do you have any advice? Thanks

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Just remember that your instructor wouldn’t sign you off unless he/she felt you were ready. Have confidence in that and show up to win💪🏽. Keep that attitude and you’ll go far my friend. Best of luck!

Congratulations to Captain Larry on an amazing 34 years in the sky!!!!😁😁 When you fly back in the country and have to hop off the plane to clear customs do you have to take you luggage off for customs and then bring it back on the plane??

Congrats Capt Larry! What a great career. Curious what a 4 digit represents.

@bryceleinan

2 жыл бұрын

Tells you the longevity in an organization. Where I work, a 4 digit has at least 20, if not 30 years in. Even 10 years in, my 5 digit number is relatively low.

@SidestickPilot

2 жыл бұрын

Means he’s been there a minute and is very senior.

Man I freakin wish to see the flying part. Why do they restrict that... to hide from FAA or something?

Another great one Ern. I know you said Capt Larry has been there for 34 years but I still don't understand the "4 digit" thing. Im just curious what exactly are the 4 digits referring to? 😆 Happy New Year to you and yours....fingers crossed you end it with 4 stripes!!!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year! He’s just been here a very long time. Early on in our company’s history. The employee number started at 1 with Herb. Cheers!

@NovejSpeed3

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingwithBigErn Ooooh so it means his seniority number has 4 digits!? That is low

Are you concerned about the 5G network can cause problems with the plane computers?

Ern, you mentioned when the PHX base expands you hope to still be there as a Capt not FO. Does that mean after your upgrade you could be subject to assignment to another crew base?

@N1120A

2 жыл бұрын

If he wants to hold a decent schedule as a captain, he may have no choice but to commute to a more junior base.

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Most likely a commute to LAX or OAK would be my guess. Hopefully for not too long🤞🏽

@N1120A

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingwithBigErn you going to use the Cirrus or just non rev? I've always heard OAK is a pretty junior base for you guys, but how does LAX stack up? I didn't even know WN had opened one there.

Happy new year! I have a question who taxis the aircraft from the maintance hanger or does a tug take it?

@Tahanus7

2 жыл бұрын

I think it depends on the airport. At msp the airport issues "taxi liscences" to mechanics who will either drive it under power or drag it over with a tug

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Great question. Usually our mechanics who are checkout for taxi do it. They do have the option to tug it was well.

Hey, Ern! Do you ever get excited/interested to fly a special livery?

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

I do. Looking forward to flying the new flagship!👍🏽

How much of a hindrance is it if you’re not vaccinated trying to enter this industry as a pilot? Is it quite literally impossible?

How do you like the SNA noise abatement takeoffs?

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

I’d prefer not to but it is fun😁

Happy retirement Captain Larry from Sydney Australia. (34 years in the cockpit. I would have like to stretched my legs)? Big Ern, with the weather radar image: the wind direction icons (golf flags) which end indicates the direction (SE) etc. Thankyou 🌏🇦🇺

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Good question. Opposite side of the flag. 👍🏽

Where is the other stripe on his shoulder!??!

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Coming soon🤞🏽

Not too many 4 digit clock numbers employees left at SWA

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Very true. I really enjoy hearing their stories of the early days. 👍🏽

Have you ever done a trip down to Jamaica or the caribbean Capt?

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Been to Puerto Rico several times. Looking to do more island flying soon🤞🏽

@captkay5330

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingwithBigErn awesome!

Do you officially have you training date for becoming a Captain?

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

Not yet but it’s looking like it will be soon. They don’t give you a lot of time between the call and class so I want to be ready👍🏽

Hi Ernie! What is % of minorities do southwest have as a pilot ?

Why don't you just say what day it is? We know you have these queued up.

Does Captain Larry have any social media account? Would be great to follow him during his retirement and after retirement days… Kindly

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t believe he does. I’ll try and get him to get one 😁

Do you ever get to bna or tpa?

@FlyingwithBigErn

2 жыл бұрын

I do but not very often.

@davidstafford4621

2 жыл бұрын

Cool. Do all swa pilots have to be trained to fly the max too?