Originally Posted by
bender
If you like "real airliner" landings the the -700/900 is your bird because it has the slats. Personally, I'm still getting used to it. I flew the Saab and then the -200 so I'm very comfortable with the "lawn dart" sight picture.
The SAAB2000 is the same way - nose down. I flew that for 3 years in Europe and transitioning to the CRJ-200 was easy from the perspective of the 'picture' out the front window.
Still, I like nose-up landings. I did a flaps 20 landing on the -200 once and it was much more like a 'real' airplane!
