Originally Posted by
RightSide
Thank you, finally someone who wants to fly the Saabster. Everyone always wants to go straight into the jet. The saab is a great plane to fly, lots of fun doing those visual approaches.
The only thing I didn't like about the SAAB was that it was so darned uncomfortable. Too Hot, too cold, and the seat sucked.
You do work your butt off...7,8,9 legs a day. Real NDB approaches were cool. Lots of holding. Cities were pretty interesting too.
The jet (CRJ) vs. tp (SAAB) is really a moot argument. Now if we were talking about the Avro - we could have an argument.
Honestly any plane is good, just different. Being old and grumpy I like smooth air, looking down at the weather, and hot wings.
On a different note, if you get the SAAB - the best trips are out of DTW. MEM is OK but too much sitting between turns. MSP sucks with two leg highspeeds and very short times between turns.
I live in MSP and was displaced to DTW for SAAB FO in '06. I hated the commute but the trips we nice.