This morning in LAS I'm #6 behind 5 SWAs for takeoff at 26R. Towers says "Sorry guys, we have to turn it around. You're all going to 01R. Contact Ground for instructions".
Since I'm the fat kid and blocking all the SWAs, I get to turn around first. I quickly realize I have a golden opportunity, especially since I see another 4 or 5 SWAs on the ramp waiting to join the taxiway conga line.
I taxied at about 15 knots..... Pretty soon, a SWA goes "Tower, can you ask Hawaiian to pick it up?". Tower replies "Not my place to determine taxi speed, that's pilot stuff".
I slowed it down to 10.
By the time I got to 01R I had 9 or 10 pissed off SWAs (nd 1 chuckling United) slowly taxing behind me. Probably the first time in history they weren't doing 30 or 40. When he switched me to tower, the ground controller said "Hawaiian contact tower and thanks for the entertainment. I enjoyed that!"
It's the little things in life.
Since I'm the fat kid and blocking all the SWAs, I get to turn around first. I quickly realize I have a golden opportunity, especially since I see another 4 or 5 SWAs on the ramp waiting to join the taxiway conga line.
I taxied at about 15 knots..... Pretty soon, a SWA goes "Tower, can you ask Hawaiian to pick it up?". Tower replies "Not my place to determine taxi speed, that's pilot stuff".
I slowed it down to 10.
By the time I got to 01R I had 9 or 10 pissed off SWAs (nd 1 chuckling United) slowly taxing behind me. Probably the first time in history they weren't doing 30 or 40. When he switched me to tower, the ground controller said "Hawaiian contact tower and thanks for the entertainment. I enjoyed that!"
It's the little things in life.