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.
You would be correct about WN. More than "pilot style" I would attribute to "company culture". Short approaches was another WN distinction. Their culture has evolved most likely due to flight data monitoring and FAA demands for standardization.