Southwest airlines had a culture of turning around fast at the gate. So maybe no explicit policy but culture can drive unintended consequences and decisions.

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dghlsakjg 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Fast gate turnarounds have nothing to do with what happens in the cockpit. That affects the cleaning crews.

Take 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.

	▲	AnimalMuppet 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		1 passenger fatality. They also have at least one ground fatality. (Still very impressive!)

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waterTanuki 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Turnaround at a gate and a life-or-death go-around judgement are two entirely different operations governed by entirely different sections of the FAA.

Also this was Amazon, not Southwest.

	▲	sxde 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think the point being made is that time-pressure can come from a company's culture, not just its (unspoken) policies.