Originally Posted by
scambo1
Gotta love "hub" maintenance.
I'll admit to being something of a "flag rules" and theatre restrictions hamstrung pilot, so enlighten me...Was there any discussion about refusing the airplane or does all that stuff on the -88 not limit your "performance?"
That kind of MEL on the 88 is not limiting. Not convenient if it knocks you out of CAT III and you need it. Had that happen one time, steady CAT III conditions and we had to go hold with all of the non CAT III guys which at the time was the RJs.
It felt like you got sent to the kids table at Thanksgiving.
Now one thing I feel for the 9 guys about is how often you have to say "unable to go direct" when cleared direct and you have no FMS.
The funny thing about having no FMS, is that the way we do training, cough cough, you'd swear that VNAV could never be on MEL let alone both FMSs. It's kind of nice when it is out in a way.