Originally Posted by
brakechatter
Can I tell my stories of F/Os who show up 20 minutes prior to push on leg #1, and the first words out of their mouth are "did you do the walk around?", or perhaps those who miss a crossing restriction and then blame the "piece of ___ airplane", --which again is the airplane's fault.
It's the MD88, right?
I love that trick where there is a crossing restriction with a slow down. The jet does a VNAV DES until it figures out, "whoa we're too fast" then pitches for a 4,000 FPM climb instead of levelling off.
Once people figure out it does not fly like a Certified design, it flies like an MD88, then they have it nailed. I would imagine experience in soviet era equipment would be a good primer. .. a modern, push button, does what the book says it will RJ is probably the worst transition. In the absence of Tupelev time, the POS early model E120 with the pre - modified - post - modified electrical system helps prepare one for the experimental type from Long Beach.
Heard the Captains blame the jet more often that I did. I so enjoyed making fun of that airplane that I'd sit and wait for it to show its personality. It's loveable, just not very bright, like Winnie the Pooh. The FMC is constantly "think, think, think..."