Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
This right there.... I've got a good bit of time in both seats.....it's an airplane for gosh sakes! The controls are "heavier" than a Boeing but you get used to it. It's "DC." (Direct Cable) Like all the airplanes we have now, the FMA is your bible, always realize what it's telling you. That and being situationally aware will stand you in good stead for anything you choose to fly MD-88 included...... I'm using the "generic" you!
IIRC, in my time it took a minimum of about 10 years or more to hold Captain on it. You new/er folks, enjoy the rocket ship ride over the next 10 years!
Denny
The mind has a way of only fondly remembering the good and forgetting (suppressing) the rest. If it were the highest paying airplane and your seniority was the same would you bid it? Be honest.
