Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom

CRJ700 SFO-AUS, filed FL390 climbing through FL290, left engine VIB in yellow, after I pulled it back to the green and about 68%, I asked the F/O who had been lamenting his lack of upgrade, "So Mr Captain what now do we do now". Crickets, after the QRH, comes the hard part, what to do with a plane that for all intents and purposes will not go any higher. After an uncomfortable silence I called company on Atlanta radio and talked to MX and dispatch and determined that our VFR WX fuel load was insufficient for the remainder of the the flight and returned to SFO since a fuel stop was out of the question. We solved the VIB problem, the next problem was theirs, I forget which day of upgrade class that was, because there wasn't one. We had a crew fly from MEM-DEN with the fan VIBs pegged, GE said take them off and send them to the factory. So there is a little experience required.