Southwest Airlines: How to Wash a Plane

Houston Hobby Airport performs C-check washes on 737 Boeing airplanes. The main purpose of the wash isn't cosmetic.It's to clean up components for inspectors the next night to inspect everything and get a good look.

[@jeremyramirez8017]

Thx this will come in handy when i wash my 737-200

[@LabsR1st]

Very cool!! LOVE Southwest and it's fun to get a "behind the scenes" look at what goes one! Thank you for posting this!

[@bluestreak168]

0:43 "they cover the engines they don't want water sitting in the compressor section thing"

[@MrBones103]

That's my world five nights a week (I'm the one in the green rain jacket) we wash all year. It's not too bad once you get into it but It does take a toll on your body. Iv been doing it for a little over six years.

[@kelseymiller4795]

Hi MrBones - I'm a MBA student at UT and am doing some research on exterior aircraft washing. Would I be able to ask you a couple questions? You seem like you have a lot of experience!

[@MojiMikato]

Kelsey Miller F. I guess you will never get your answer my man.

[@chelettewilliams6476]

I wished he answered!!😢

[@lastnamefirstname520]

Have you ever thought of using a short lance on the jetwash, much easier to work with specially in the nose wheel well

[@MrBones103]

@@lastnamefirstname520 well a lot has changed since that video. They do use shorter length wands on the steamer guns.

[@sushifornico]

Working at the plane wash yeah

[@Airplaneobseesed9937]

I can’t wait for the future to fly for southwest is my favorite airline ever

[@tm4609]

Washing the wheel well looks fun

[@ketler3525]

In 1975 to 1976 I was a aircraft cleaner for Southwest and we washed aircraft every night just wings wheel wells and aft section of aircraft unless it was freezing. We clean the interior of the two aircraft first.

[@MrBones103]

@@ketler3525 wow you were OG lol I have a few cohearts that were around during that time and did exactly that. So it was a blessing to be in the era that I came in on where it was a dedicated wash crew…still is.

[@JamarD421]

I can't believe I never thought washing an airplane would be pretty similar to washing a car but on a bigger scale.

[@aviadanny2289]

i love southwest and i really want to be a pilot of southwest and delta ive been making southwest planes out of foam but not real airplanes

[@ClosedOnFridays]

I'm high and googled this. Thanks for uploading this video.

[@AElias409]

Same...

[@karinar.3209]

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[@karinar.3209]

simplemente Maria

[@traingaming3240]

How SWA washes their planes: How I wash my planes: bubble bath...?

[@laura737luververetenikoff5]

I enjoyed watching this video. You guys are wonderful on giving your beautiful planes a beauty wash!! LUV it!! :-)

[@themightyspoon5261]

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[@glergyl]

Cool video!

[@ronaldpruitt1318]

Do you fly to Ghana west Africa

[@dariaharruff7025]

I love flying on Southwest it's awesome

[@powerplayconway7242]

I remember a landing in Raleigh that got my attention, when the wing flaps opened the exposed surfaces where covered in green algae looking substance.

[@RTubeTheFootballPerson5]

I love Southwest Airlines

[@Boycott-Ai-NOW]

I Love Southwest!!

[@ChelleB555]

Wow so interesting .. thanks for sharing :)

[@DidierAdam]

i like the southwest body paint!!!:)-3

[@Ski-rc2ks]

Idk why I got satisfied in this video but I know south west aircrafts are clean!

[@whatisthisbro]

Thank you very much I did not know how to wash my 737 MAX 9

[@omarijoseph3189]

WOW!! 5hrs to wash a single plane...i guess it's worth it...love to see a shiny plane...

[@pubz2288]

Pretty cool

[@SFAviation]

Looks fun

[@CindyFlores-si7xk]

Southwest: Work And Wash The Plane. Me: Okay I Like Southwest. -Works-

[@julianofpaignton6202]

That looks like fun. I would like to do that. I wonder how many airplanes Southwest owns?

[@MTVlogs]

Southwest currently has 648 "active" airplanes that are in use daily.

[@tristenparker6785]

They own approximately 755 currently

[@vinceschannel8927]

700+ now

[@kurtdoerflein4786]

751

[@2fly916]

that's my airport baby!

[@romancervantes2974]

Larry Peters temdr

[@GUMMSHOW]

do you ever stop and think about how not too long ago everyone dreamed of flying next to the birds. and just 100 years ago the 1st airplane was built. i wonder if they thought we would ever fly through the air to get to places faster and not even think twice when a flying machine passed our house. heres to one of the biggest leaps forward in human history

[@Charlie-le4yn]

And soon I'm going on a trip in a Southwest airliner!!!

[@BF3akaandrew]

SWA has the coolest livery

[@Bryguy10201]

Southwest Airlines: Spreading the LUV at select airports across the U.S.!

[@tracer740]

I never even considered what a major and intense job entailed in plane washing!

[@parameshwarchamarthi1920]

KZbin

[@areed4927]

Lichen Christ u

[@coreymishler6337]

Have a good Spring Break not violence

[@lilhuerito909]

i love southwest its the best airline

[@kevinpickle531]

My family usual uses southwest but when me and mom went to Honolulu Hawaii we too Alaskan airlines because it was cheaper and went in March

[@matthewgeiger2112]

Hello to all, I have a question concerning job opportunities with Southwest Airlines Maintenance. I am an A&P mechanic with 21 years of mostly working engine maintenance with the USAF and GE Aviation though have some airframe time. I am enquiring on what the pay scale and benefit packages they offer for heavy maintenance or line maintenance. Any help would be greatly appreciative.

[@Cars2fan172]

TJ Is Taking A Bath!

[@somthingarage]

@southwest airlines have you ever had a airplane that had a engine on the tailwing?

[@_styrofoam]

furryboi37 They used to have 727s for a short time.

[@fuckingcasper15]

nice

[@armymenstopmotion8440]

Now imagine washing any 747.

[@Jacob-hy7do]

Army Men Stop Motion Or an A380

[@gavinaustin6115]

But this is a 733

[@ndeyeaissatoudrame3771]

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[@armandolopez8689]

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[@gtb4r]

Gavin Austin 737*

[@inkcart1dge163]

Dear Southwest Airlines if you are protan colourblind ( red green brown) are you still able to become a pilot??

[@totalrandomness4543]

NeonSlime Gaming I personally don't know as I have no experience in this industry but I know some instruments (eg weather radar) use reds and greens so they would be difficult to navigate if you can't differentiate between the colours.......but then you have your co-pilot.

[@cajosabo]

Nice! I’ll use this how to video to wash my 737 in the back 🤣🤣

[@andyespo13]

Simple Green?

[@Astro5100]

That's my city, Southwest and United

[@NICOCRAFTAviation737]

i traveled on that plane N252WN

[@Mocitydon15]

yah it's at Houston Hobby

[@b29966]

Joshua Holts 범너머범ㄴ

[@rocknwash]

Question ? What`s the Aircraft cleaner they use ? Name of it ?

[@Bullseye5477]

Yummy, my drinking water taste's better already.

[@Essence314]

On march 12 my plane will be leaving at 6:20a.m. heading to los angeles form houston i cant wait

[@julbertbalios9793]

I want that job 😊

[@AgapeProductionsInc]

The only thing missing was the Rolls Royce Car wash song it should have been synchronize to make this more entertaining.

[@akshaychoudhary5815]

How much water is used to wash it!! Should think of recycling or less use of it.

[@CaptainBobSim]

Air France please take note!

[@pilotman3633]

Must be fun to work at an airport.

[@edithcampuzano8900]

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[@julissakaren1238]

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[@tashonhenry6742]

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[@luciarubio5338]

Pilot Man ,,

[@chinlesswonderkid]

Does bthe guys not get soaked washing underbody of aircraft?

[@lastnamefirstname520]

He does.

[@catboypjmasksakaevangarcia1671]

YES TOMORROW IS Mother’s Day

[@crdunn906]

if you pause at 008 you can see on the wing that the flaps are down lol landed

[@t1ao378]

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[@kabaddiify]

Well I wonder what they are doing now!

[@georgegrunwald]

If any of you are interested in airplane cleaning, search for Ammo NYC's "Freedom 1 Plane Restoration" video.

[@TheoneandonlyEETFUK]

NOICE

[@zeshanhaider703]

this video is great tlit helped me in my job a lot

[@julianofpaignton6202]

that's a big job. How does the plane get dried?

[@life_with_bernie]

World's largest ShamWow

[@pyrosexual6823]

One of the plane washers just hops in it and flys it around for a bit.

[@charlesbracewell8728]

Pyrosexual and steals change out of ashtray

[@nidarasul]

They all blow on it when it's over

[@theundertaker7447]

The plane will air dry over night when left on the ramp. We wash planes here in Houston, Texas at Bush Airport from 9;00 pm - 5;30 am. United and Delta.

[@the4hicks]

Hey Ya'll, I'm Ian, Ian Kinsler. Ian your my hero. No shit, you did a good job making that video.

[@patatwood7588]

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[@Velo1010]

How will the water and soap ruin the sensors? When the aircraft is in flight those sensors must be subjected to forces equivalent to a water hose spray.

[@soadisla1167]

Veloz dañaría

[@kraybrother8768]

The cleaner the spray on it

[@lastnamefirstname520]

Water accumulates inside them and cant drain out properly then when the aircraft takes off and flies in -55 celsius it freezes into them and blocks them. This can cause (amongst others) loss of airspeed indication / loss of altitude indication / false (or lost) angle of attack readings ->leads to stall. Frozen outflow valves can cause cabin pressurization problems, frozen engine inlet pressure sensor can cause engine control failure.

[@equisnrolly]

Like I have a rarely used 737 sitting in my backyard.....

[@drawing-world2228]

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[@mayrarivas6956]

DRAWING - WORLD lllalaoalalaplLLlLLlLLLokaaiuaiiaaaakakapaakkkaa

[@tzkelley]

Row 44 Wi-Fi antenna! How many of each variant are equipped now?

[@lil10031]

Who dries it? No one likes water spots lol.

[@1HunnidDlowTM]

It's waxed afterwards

[@julianreyna5818]

Le toca baño al avioncito

[@life_with_bernie]

If he said "...an uh" one more time I was gonna scream. And I have to wonder, do I really want to fly on an airline where one of the guys working on the plane calls an engine component "that compressor thing"? Guess what Southwest? The answer to that is "No".

[@kevinyoung4007]

Literally everyone would do that for an interview. Thats a stupid reason not to fly.

[@life_with_bernie]

+Kevin Young Reading isn't your strong point, is it? That's not what I said.

[@kevinyoung4007]

B. W. Behling I really like how everyone of KZbin plays the, "You didn't understand my comment, so I'm going to assume and critize you intellectual ability". First of all, this person is not a mechanic. Therefore he does not need to know about how the engine functions. His job is to simply clean it. Flight attendants don't need to know, and it's perfectly fine if they dont.

[@life_with_bernie]

+Kevin Young Again I have to question your reading ability, which is not the same as your intellectual ability, since you seem incapable of reading simple sentences accurately. Regardless, if you're comfortable flying with an airline where spokespersons from the maintenance crews cannot remember the names of major aircraft components, enjoy your flight. I'll fly with a different carrier.

[@kevinyoung4007]

B. W. Behling Reading and Intelligence are linked (obviously). Like I said before, it's not his job to know how it operates, it's to clean it. *It doesn't matter because he is causing no danger to the aircraft* Also, I find it pretty foolish to not fly one airline, that operates almost 700 aircraft, because one person doesn't fit your criteria.

[@ThatEpicMacDude]

your 737-800s need a good washing. the windows are SOOOO dirty.

[@rickyharun80]

Dear Mr. Ian Kinsler, I'm doing aircraft cleaning works in Indonesia, what is the cleaning agent (chemicals) that you used ? Please inform me the brand name of the products, and where to purchase it. Thanks, Ricky

[@jamesnewsome4882]

Ricky Harun oh shut the fuck up

[@kraybrother8768]

It's called D.......D nutts

[@dianarobles2781]

Probably is a degreaser of some sort

[@cindyclark9341]

Sowtwest get off the phone Southwest Southwest you know my phone don't want you on my phone

[@iahspotter1255]

Washing the blue whale 💙💛❤️

[@swedishfierce4042]

😱NOT THE NOSE GEAR INSIDE THINGY WHATEVER YOU CALL IT

[@Sharish747]

Emirates is more water efficient.

[@hakanozkan4452]

very bad job and very very poor quality. I was shocked when I see how such a bad job performed by swa. I watched twice this video then I figured out lots of poor standart applications and deviations from the manufacturer and faa standarts. e.g. : - not protected safety valves, open outflow valve and ram air inlets. -not properly protected and covered aoa sensor. -not protected fuel vents flame arrestors on wing, and pressurized water application them. and I wonder that if they could perform all required flap, slat etc. lubrication tasks after washing the aircraft because of the scheduled flight at next morning.

[@Sauceboss421]

You don't know what ur talking about.

[@hakanozkan4452]

are you sure that you know what I am talking about?That washing performance is very bad job acc to faa, easa regulations and Boeing (the type certificate holder)maintenance procedures.

[@Sauceboss421]

+Hakan özkan I stand corrected!

[@stressbelden5869]

Hakan..... See the intro. Your quote: ".....because of the scheduled flight at next morning". No.....they can't lube or do any other oil inducing/(filth) operations. The next morning is NOT flight time. It's going in for its "C" check. No maintenance is done 'til the inspection is over. No scheduled flying again, til the inspection is over....and that is if, and only if, the airplane passes inspection. I can see how one can get confused.....the intro was not clearly stated.

[@billchilesiii1626]

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