Captain’s last flight went wrong. Southwest Boeing 737 returns to Santa Barbara. Real ATC

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THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:
21-FEB-2024. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 (B738), registration N8568Z, performing flight SWA3010 / WN3010 from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, CA (USA) to Denver International Airport, CO (USA) was cleared for take-off from runway 25 at Santa Barbara Airport when the captain called Tower controller and said that it was his last flight as an airline pilot. After the takeoff the flight crew reported bird strike and the airplane returned safely to Santa Barbara Airport.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Description of situation
00:17 Takeoff clearance. Captain contacts Tower:” This is my last flight”
01:03 The flight crew reports bird strike
01:40 The pilots decide to return back to Santa Barbara
04:02 The airplane was transferred to the frequency of Tower controller
04:32 Landing. Communications on the ground
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THE VALUE OF THIS VIDEO:
THE MAIN VALUE IS EDUCATION. This reconstruction will be useful for actual or future air traffic controllers and pilots, people who plan to connect life with aviation, who like aviation. With help of this video reconstruction you’ll learn how to use radiotelephony rules, Aviation English language and general English language (for people whose native language is not English) in situation in flight, which was shown. THE MAIN REASON I DO THIS IS TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVERY WORD AND EVERY MOVE OF AIRCRAFT.
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Text version of communication - Made by Author.
Video editing - Made by author.
HOW I DO VIDEOS:
1) I monitor media, airspace, looking for any non-standard, emergency and interesting situation.
2) I find communications of ATC unit for the period of time I need.
3) I take only phrases between air traffic controller and selected flight.
4) I find a flight path of selected aircraft.
5) I make an animation (early couple of videos don’t have animation) of flight path and aircraft, where the aircraft goes on his route.
6) When I edit video I put phrases of communications to specific points in video (in tandem with animation).
7) Together with my comments (voice and text) I edit and make a reconstruction of emergency, non-standard and interesting situation in flight.

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@dennisc6716 3 ай бұрын

What a coincidence. It was the bird's last flight, too.

@fgaviator 3 ай бұрын

😧😂

@analogman9697 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@Michael_K_Woods 3 ай бұрын

ROFL

@Captndarty 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@AB-jz9ns 3 ай бұрын

Best comment today!

@spencerlondon9561 3 ай бұрын

"Gonna run it by company....actually no, we're just gonna do it" yeah that's a captain on his last flight.

@DalyTheThird 3 ай бұрын

The man in charge! Final word is The Captain’s. Good on him.

@kevins1242 3 ай бұрын

"What are they gonna do? Fire me?"

@fgaviator 3 ай бұрын

"Captain, the chief pilot wants to speak to you. Just a quick debrief concerning your decision to abort today's flight. Please come to see him next week..." Retired captain: "What do you mean by 'next week'. It's my last day..." 😂

@kevlosent6375 3 ай бұрын

That was the best psrt of this clip, us watching him say "eff it" in his head

@BRC332 3 ай бұрын

I was gonna post the same thing

@PetrolHeadBrasil 3 ай бұрын

Those birds decided to join the party.... LOL Jokes apart - The frustration in the Captain's voice is very noticeable... After 39 years of flying, having his last flight interrupted is sad... I hope SWA gave him one more flight to effectively retire!

@LEVELGAZANOW 3 ай бұрын

Depends on his age. If the following day, he turns 65 then he would not be legal.

@GlennBeltz 3 ай бұрын

He turned 65 the day after what's shown here, and yes, he did get a proper final flight that day.

@-108- 3 ай бұрын

Dude was like, "Yeah, we've got to call the company to confirm RTA. You know what - HAYULL NAH! This is my last flight, I ain't gonna risk it being my last day of life. What can they do... fire me? We're goin' back."

@b.patton1107 3 ай бұрын

0:51 "safe flight". Put the jinx on

@-108- 3 ай бұрын

Right? He never should have mentioned it at takeoff. He totally jinxed it.

@jameslanz2117 3 ай бұрын

As a fellow airline pilot, I would say "Captains last flight went RIGHT". Nobody got hurt (except for the bird). The system worked.

@bdcochran01 3 ай бұрын

Passengers were lucky that they had an experienced pilot in command. Good decision maker.

@theChickenstones 3 ай бұрын

The Retiring Skip deserved better but he was a true professional to the last. 👌🧠 👍

@BradWillis 3 ай бұрын

Mostly unrelated, but a tiny bit related. I had to sue my auto insurer when they denied a claim & said water damage was due to a lack of maintenance and normal wear and tear. I wrote out a statement for the service advisor to sign and be used in small claims court. I wasn't sure if he would sign a legal document, as w/my company, that would first have to be approved by legal. He signed it, I won, and I subsequently found out that he retired days later. So when you are retiring, I suppose you do what you want to.

@CaptJasonLiu 3 ай бұрын

Congrats to the Captain for his retirement!

@mattk741 3 ай бұрын

After what the captain mentioned during takeoff, of him starting his career in Santa Barbara, it's pretty cool that his last flight he'll put in his log book is: From: (KSBA) Santa Barbara To: (KSBA) Santa Barbara Obviously nobody wants to experience a bird strike, but this is one hell of a story for this pilot's last flight. To and From the airport where it all started, and an Emergency landing.

@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 3 ай бұрын

"Of all the seagulls in the world and this being my last flight makes me think, well do ya feel lucky punk" !

@markcardwell 3 ай бұрын

I’m comin back my car is at the airport

@beckramsey7746 3 ай бұрын

did my PPL training out of SBA, lottsss of bird activity due to the airports proximity to the water

@mmeyers111 3 ай бұрын

Hmmm, this might have been an excuse to buzz his old neighborhood one last time

@JohnJohn-wt5ll 3 ай бұрын

Sorry the paradigm shift, but that Captains last flight was the day after.

@rdunk1002 3 ай бұрын

And that Mr first officer is the same course I had to take to get my license and I’ll show ya here where I touched down my first time too. Just that moment when you wanna make one more landing at your first airport.

@jimlerific 3 ай бұрын

A lot of airlines would have coordinated a farewell for a pilot retiring after so many years…shocked he even had to explain himself

@timblack33 3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same. All my pals got water cannon salutes and a nice send off but they were United and Delta drivers.

@MagoLP 3 ай бұрын

They probably had that set up at the destination...

@GlennBeltz 3 ай бұрын

He did get a proper water cannon salute the following day.

@ITME.1 3 ай бұрын

@@GlennBeltzhow do you know? By chance you have a link?

@GlennBeltz 3 ай бұрын

@@ITME.1 Link? No. But I know this captain and I was aboard his his final flight in Texas the day after the events described in this video. So I witnessed the water cannon salute with my own eyes.

@surimi7283 3 ай бұрын

Happy retirement to the SW captain!

@Molon_Labe1776 3 ай бұрын

Went out with a bang!

@northmaineguy5896 3 ай бұрын

I'm a retired controller and all I can hear in the captain's voice is, "Are you freakin' kidding me?"

@TruBluLew23 3 ай бұрын

Dang, his first flight was 7 years before I was born! Hopefully I can be in his position one day. Congrats to him and I hope he enjoys retirement! 🎉

@randyporter3491 3 ай бұрын

I expected the controller to give the bird a number for definite deviation.

@flyboy8752 3 ай бұрын

Well that’s one way to get one more flight in before retirement. 🤣

@steves659 3 ай бұрын

Career began KSBA and ended KSBA.

@DWBurns 3 ай бұрын

I hope they gave you a water canon salute, or just wash the evidence off the plane.

@clunkclunk2099 3 ай бұрын

Ugh that kinda sucks for your last flight. Also I wish SWA had service back when I lived in Santa Barbara! It was so expensive to fly in and out of there that we'd end up driving to LA or Ventura to get flights.

@-108- 3 ай бұрын

Ugh... traffic on the 101 and 405. No thank you!

@idkjames 3 ай бұрын

He got to do a closed pattern in a 737 at the airport he probably had started at in a 152 lol. Look at the brightside

@user-cr4sc1ht9t 3 ай бұрын

Yeah gives me mixed feelings. How many pilots get to have a real emergency in his career let alone that? "It was literally my last day at the company..."

@clunkclunk2099 3 ай бұрын

@@-108- Agreed. Though when you’re a college student, driving to LAX for a few hours was cheaper than paying $$$ to fly out of Santa Barbara.

@-108- 3 ай бұрын

@@user-cr4sc1ht9t Umm... Any pilot that's been flying long enough to have a 30+ year airline career in their rear view mirror has likely dealt with multiple in-flght emergencies. ???

@chenwong1036 3 ай бұрын

What happened after? Did they took off again or did they cancelled the whole flight?

@Av-vd3wk 3 ай бұрын

1:10 “Jonathan Seagull”???

@msjdb723 3 ай бұрын

I believe he's referring to Jonathan Livingston Seagull

@msjdb723 3 ай бұрын

I believe he's referring to Jonathan Livingston Seagull

@haroldlipschitz9301 3 ай бұрын

To inspect the aircraft would SWA have a contractor at SBA do it or drive a mechanic crew up from LAX?

@sstearns2 3 ай бұрын

There is a corporate jet shop there, so I’m sure they have a contract mechanic that can do an inspection.

@scottdweck656 3 ай бұрын

Most likely a contract mechanic…pretty routine inspection

@MeerkatADV 3 ай бұрын

You have the states backwards in the description. Santa Barbara isn't in California and Denver isn't in California.

@YouCanSeeATC 3 ай бұрын

🤦 my mistake. Thanks 👍

@jimw1615 3 ай бұрын

"Colorado"

@condocord7544 3 ай бұрын

He had to call the tower. They pulled his license!

@Southwest_923WR 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Thats ...f..messed up! BUT, he brought it back in, no probs! As an Appearence Tech, for WN, Im interseted in "N " number of ship number, just for my memoirs, as I am semi-retired for another 12 months, give that ship a pat on the L1 door "Heart" for coming back safe, since I more than likely will never meet Capt after hes done. Kudos on handing issue, and congratulations on service with THE BEST AITLINE, EVER!!!! I was at DAL for FIRST flight oUT And IN! Look how far they have come?!? SOUTHWEST FOREVER, BAY-BE! "You are now free to move about the country! BONG!"😊

@captkev737 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunate, good decision, well handled, enjoy your retirement😊

@user-mp9rd4hg8b 3 ай бұрын

Soooooo… is he going to repeat that little speech when he takes off again? What's the protocol for that?

@md95065 3 ай бұрын

He isn't going to take off again (as a captain for Southwest, anyway) - that was his last flight and it just happened to end sooner than expected.

@user-mp9rd4hg8b 3 ай бұрын

@@md95065I thought they might either fix the plane or put them on a new one and he would complete it like any other captain. I guess his final flight actually meant final takeoff. Looks like he gets to clock out early. 🙂

@alaskan3304 3 ай бұрын

So did the captain get to fly another r flight out of there for his really last flight? Like where someone said it was the seagulls last flight as well!!! Lol

@nmpls 3 ай бұрын

A few years ago, I was on a WN pilot's last flight. He did the whole announcement to everyone, etc. Then, I guess the first officer finished his inspection. They found a problem. Flight cancelled. He seemed bummed. I spoke to him after and apparently this was his last revenue flight, but I guess southwest let him do some non-rev flight later as his true last flight.

@bfreeman2121 3 ай бұрын

At least the dude's last flight was memorable. And the next day, like all other retirees, he was completely forgotten by the organization. Now he's a nobody. Such is life.

@jss27560 3 ай бұрын

What’s the likelihood that he spent his whole carer without any incidents and one his last flight he has one?

@donnamauer3215 3 ай бұрын

Don't these guys usually have their family with them on their last flight? Max extra pressure when something goes wrong! 🤯

@pchris6662 3 ай бұрын

Oh Man! I feel for the captain! That means he missed his shower and all the celebrations waiting at his destination? So that means he had to get a ride home huh?

@yvesbajulaz 3 ай бұрын

Not LAST FLIGHT, LAST DAY, listen to what he says on the tape…

@Gearup424 3 ай бұрын

Damm birds !! Lol

@andij605 3 ай бұрын

Congrats on your retirement, Captain, if you're reading this

@JohnSmith-zi9or 3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised a pilot of his experience had to think about whether to return for a landing following a large bird strike.

@larrybrill7364 3 ай бұрын

Why ,as long as he had 2 good engines and the aircraft showed no sign of anything wrong there is no reason to rush anything. Thats what we are taught to do slow down and run checklist involve the company/maintenance in the decision . That kind of John wayne attitude that you dont think just do will get you fired or an accident. Its not the way we train .

@JohnSmith-zi9or 3 ай бұрын

@@larrybrill7364 "hats what we are taught to do slow down and run checklist involve the company/maintenance in the decision ." LMFAO ... you're the PIC. You just had a large birdstrike and you continue on because you talked to the company and of course they wanted you to continue to your destination. But then something bad happened. Im sure the FAA is going to completely understand your decision, Captain ... PILOT IN COMMAND, the person directly responsible for and the final authority as to the operation of that aircraft

@JohnSmith-zi9or 3 ай бұрын

@@larrybrill7364 "Why ,as long as he had 2 good engines and the aircraft showed no sign of anything wrong there is no reason to rush anything. Thats what we are taught to do slow down and run checklist involve the company/maintenance in the decision . That kind of John wayne attitude that you dont think just do will get you fired or an accident. It's not the way we train ." I didn't say to rush. He wanted to see what company wanted him to do. Ok. You have a situation that is potentially unsafe but you don't know how unsafe. Maintenance really needs the aircraft at your destination airport rather than return to the departure airport. Flight Ops is telling you that's good for them because it gets the passengers where they're going anyways. What do you do?

@JohnSmith-zi9or 3 ай бұрын

@@larrybrill7364 Then you remember, "The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft."

@larrybrill7364 3 ай бұрын

So many idiots posting on here that have no idea what airline culture is like now for good reason. If the airplane is controllable and powered there is no need to rush a decision like your John Wayne. The only time you need to rush is if you are on fire. He did exactly what he was supposed to do. Slow down, involve maintenance and the other crew member , run checklist and access the situation before making a decision . Sorry ,if you want to be John Wayne try crop dusting not the Airlines.