Originally Posted by
Bone75
Are you referencing the heat relating to aircraft performance, crew/pax comfort or both?
We are talking only on the ground. Once you get the engines started the air conditioning works pretty good. 3 pm on a 90 plus day sitting in the heat for several hours sucks. Loading all their luggage including the kitchen sink in 90 plus heat sucks. Put the window shades up, hanger it for a few hours if you have to. We do what ever it takes to minimize the discomfort on the ground but its still sucks.
Plane still performs pretty well when hot. We can still get to the mid 20's no problem in the heat but 28 and above we might get 500 feet a minute. We get used to it, it's part of the job. If you are used to a nice APU and can't live without it, you might not want to come here.