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Old 02-20-2013, 01:54 AM
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i got my FE ticket in the 727 back in '00, rode 3rd seat for 11 months, i thought it was harder than any type ride !!!
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Old 02-20-2013, 04:23 AM
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I used to ride on the FedEx 72 seat quite a bit and always enjoyed the 3 pilot dynamic. For someone who has never experienced it, the three pilot CRM, checklist and flows is very interesting to watch. It was the FEs plane, the PF just manipulated the controls.
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Old 02-21-2013, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 727C47 View Post
i got my FE ticket in the 727 back in '00, rode 3rd seat for 11 months, i thought it was harder than any type ride !!!

Couldn't agree more. Toughest training, and checkride I have ever had. It was all downhill after leaving that seat. Btw, love that video!!
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Old 02-21-2013, 09:03 AM
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Never had the pleasure of working the engineer's panel but I will always have good memories of the guys/gals performing the job because all of them were not pilots. The very first airplane I ever boarded was a Western Airlines B-737 in which carried a flight engineer.
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Old 02-21-2013, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 727C47 View Post
i got my FE ticket in the 727 back in '00, rode 3rd seat for 11 months, i thought it was harder than any type ride !!!
Well said. It was the hardest rating I ever trained for.
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