Originally Posted by
ockham
Picked up a gig after retirement from mostly 121 flying. What a screaming piece of **** this airplane is. Phugoid instability in all three axis. Trim motors that move way to slow and every time you turn around there is a silly little component that needs replaced that cost 20,000 dollars. Spent my career flying mostly Boeing and Douglas airframes, this is a joke compared to those airplanes.
Phugoid instability? You need to tell the FAA they have certified a plane that cannot be certified!
Could it be that you've flown planes 10x the weight for the past few decades, and are used to that sort of stability?