Originally Posted by lavMan

True statement. I have crap load of rj time, and 3K on a 73. It is very hard plane to land based upon the tail strike hazard and our high Ref speeds. It’s not the same job as an rj. Especially when you’re operating in high elevation airports like Mexico City. It takes planning way a head, than it still kind of goes downhill in a hurry. I personally think it’s a lot of work.

An RJ does what you tell it to do when you tell it. Not a 73. Once you kind of figure it out it’s not bad, but it requires a lot of baby sitting sometimes and working around automation, than back to automation to get it to do what you want. But I’ll say it’s a tank, and never breaks.