Originally Posted by
pinniped
Over the years, I've felt like Southwest taxied faster than other airlines. Maybe it's just that I'm on WN flights out of airports where you *can* taxi fast and get cleared for takeoff in advance, whereas nobody's taxiing anywhere fast at the legacy hub airports.
My dad flew in the Navy early in his career, got out and flew commercial for a while, and then went back in to the Air Force. He claimed to be able to tell whether a commercial pilot was Air Force or Navy, but it's also possible he was just pulling my leg.
I noticed that about Southwest too when I used to go spotting at my local airport (JAN). I figured it was because it was an outstation with a lot of flights sharing a few gates with short scheduled turnarounds, and Southwest put a strong emphasis on departing on time.