1. Ditto ... it always AMAZED me how 'good' we got @ WX and instrument approaches flyin' the Line, compared to what I THOUGHT was 'good' in the USN ...1. As a commercial airline pilot, I routinely flew in weather much worse than any I experienced as a Naval Aviator ....
2. We would have normally waited longer until the wx improved, but seeing Southwest go started us thinking.... maybe we might give it a go....
2. SWA used to get paid by the leg instead of by the hour ... as a result, I NEVER followed their lead when flyin' CONUS, just 'cause of that, if nothing else...