Originally Posted by
Concorde01
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Very interesting! As a simple CFI, why is flying a visual approach on a jet so complicated? Can you treat it as a regular approach using the FD and auto pilot? Or do you usually hand fly the whole approach on raw data.
Again, would love to understand this before my 1st 121 class. Thanks!
Because you may be at an airport you've never been to, it maybe at night, and your probably going 250knots at 6,000 feet on a 12 mile base where you can't make out the runway.
You have about 30-40 seconds to slow the plane, figure out where the runway is, configure the aircraft and descend safely to the runway at that speed.
Just wait, you'll see. It's amazing how fast stuff happens in the 121 world when all you have is piston/turboprop experience.
I have almost 2000hrs of 121 and I find myself on night visual outstation approaches still uh, "sitting up straight in my seat." If you get what I mean.
That is with the CRJ. The EJET is pretty darn easy. Throw in the 175s VNAV capabilities and autothrottles and visuals are a piece of cake.