Originally Posted by
scambo1
When I jumpseat on the -9, I'm a dog watching TV. Its been so long since I did steam guages, I just assume the pilots are doing all the right stuff. I guess I'd be the check airman everyone wanted.
When I was flying the -9 out of DTW we we're going from DTW to somewhere (I want to say STL, but it's not important), with a Compass guy in the jumpseat. Anyway, somewhere near the transition from departure to center, he leaned forward and said, "I hate to admit this, but I have no idea what you guys are doing up there." The captain almost immediately shot back with, "Neither do I, but the controllers yell at us when we *** it up, so it's really not so hard."