Originally Posted by IrishTiger
I had a captain take me to 370 in a 200 one day in the summer with convective activity around (THAT HE WANTED TO GO OVER!!!!). I about crapped a golden easter egg. I told him I was uncomfortable with it, but he did it anyways
Why were you uncomfortable going to FL370?
Was it a "fear of the unknown" because you had never been to the max "capped" ceiling of the plane before, or was it because the captain climbed when you felt the airplane simply didn't have the performance (climb weight & speed) to get up there?
Do you have any idea what your weight & ISA temps were, as well as the mach when you started the climb & when you leveled off? What did you ultimately accelerate to after leveling off?
I don't ask to pick on you, I'm genuinely curious.
Its been a hair over 2 years since I've been in a CRJ cockpit, but don't most/all airlines have 1.3G charts up there?