Originally Posted by Tinpusher007
Is the E170/175/190/195 more difficult to train on than say the E145/CRJ? You've mentioned a couple of times that it has the "big iron" feel and that sometimes causes problems for people, so I was curious.
I've not checked out on the 145 so I can't speak too much about that jet. The 170 avionics is marginally more complicated than the avionics in the smaller Embraer...FMS more advanced, autothrottles, engine out characteristics perhaps more pronounced due to the engine location.
A small percentage of our students have had a difficult time adapting to the 'jet' feel...these typically are pilots with no jet time. They seem to have problems adjusting to the higher speeds, climb rates, etc. For example, one person who failed to finish the program came from light twins (Seneca)...he just never caught up to the airplane...from the takeoff on, he was behind and couldn't get up to speed (literally and figuratively) in the alloted training time.