Originally Posted by
notEnuf
It's the highest paid NB fleet. That's all I know. Paid for cramped suffering. Ridiculous switch farm overhead, little room for recline and chair position, 60 year old caution alerting, tail stand, engine mounting/balance issues, loud, crew baggage space, tail clearance TO/LNDG, wet performance on grooved runways... just to name a few. I'm sure some Frenchie will be along shortly with some mumbling about yokes and tables too.
But I can adapt and have.
Having to put a tail stand on an airplane is ****ty design. Sorry, but it is. I can't comment on the rest of the stuff because I have only flown the "classic".