Originally Posted by
MoonShot
LOL. I flew the Maddog for my first three years here. I kind enjoyed it at the time and didn't understand why people did everything in their power not to fly it... - because I didn't know any better! After flying the 737, 757, and 767 I've seen the light.
To be fair, some of it's the Maddog, some of it's the trips, but a lot of it is just the Maddog.
Jumpseated quite a bit on it while commuting to SLC and can't believe all the strange noises and odd warnings that come out of the airplane.
It seems like its got quite a few quirks to get used to. Finally, for me I've gotten used to one leg a day and 4-5 legs a day seems like practice bleeding for me. There are some guys that love to "stay busy" at work so love the extra preflights, climbs, descents and approaches. Not for me so I will wait until I can move up on 73n or 320 before I consider a CA upgrade (which will probably never happen so I will be a 23 year FO before I retire - only 8 years left and I'm still a 1000 numbers from the most junior CA slot).