Fast gate turnarounds have nothing to do with what happens in the cockpit. That affects the cleaning crews.
replyTake a look at Southwest's safety record. I believe they have 1 fatality due to an air incident in their history due to an uncontained engine failure that was not related to maintenance.
1 passenger fatality. They also have at least one ground fatality. (Still very impressive!)
replyTurnaround at a gate and a life-or-death go-around judgement are two entirely different operations governed by entirely different sections of the FAA.
replyAlso this was Amazon, not Southwest.
Southwest's had a few dramatic overruns by pilots overeager to get on the ground, notably at Burbank (no fatalities) and Midway (one death).
replyI think the point being made is that time-pressure can come from a company's culture, not just its (unspoken) policies.
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