Originally Posted by
reddog25
Johnso....250 till 8 out? using Marine math that put you at 2400' AGL. 1400' to slow down while descending on the glide slope. Your superior flying skills made that happen
I certainly wouldn't recommend that as the norm. Was the Capt giving you those little hints like hand twitching?
Hope we can fly together, I'd like to see that decel, descend maneuver
He's used to 250 to the marker on the ERJ145.
Which actually worked if you were agressive and went idle power, gear down and put the flaps down on speed (no 10 below limit) and it worked. Of course, MTOW was at least 1/2 the ZFW of an empty mainline plane. But still that technique worked.
It usually caused the other pilot to snicker at you to see if you'd pull it off before 1000'.