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.
Cramped suffering; I'll give you that. It's a tight fit, especially if you're tall. Have to go out the cockpit to really get a good stretch. I try to at least get out of the seat and stretch every 90 mins
Ridiculous Switch Farm Overhead and Alerting system; Extremely easy compared to the 88. Figured out the flows in 10 mins. 88 took me days. Alerting system is terrible. Good news is hardly any MELs because the plane only tells you when something really is wrong. No constant CB resets like other fleets.
Tail stand; Who cares? We're not ACS
Engine Mounting/Balance issues; Never heard of this. Again, who cares? We're not Performance Engineering
Crew Baggage; I'll give ya that. It sucks especially for FOs on the 900 with a tight commute unless they have a cool non commuting Captain
Tail Clearance TO/LND; Definitely a threat. Know your liftoff and tails trike pitch attitudes and don't get slow in the flare. Plane still way easier to land then T-tails
Wet performance on grooved rwy; Who cares? Run the LPR, land in the first 1500ft
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