Originally Posted by BlueMoon (Post 1347727)

We were approved for Cat II down to 1200 RVR at both Comair and Compass. I know ASA is Cat II and I assume SkyWest is also. Not sure about Pinnacle.

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1347688)

What are most RJ minimums anyway?

One daring aviator (I will not mention what airline) not be deterred by WX apparantly below mins used the following technique which is not recommended:

One RJ goes around for WX below mins. Tower reads the WX to the next RJ who says "We are inside the FAF we can continue."

WTTF??? Hopefully the wx was above their minimus since it hadn't changed for over 20 minutes but if it was above minimums his response was strange to say the least.

Scoop

Originally Posted by BlueMoon (Post 1347727)

We were approved for Cat II down to 1200 RVR at both Comair and Compass. I know ASA is Cat II and I assume SkyWest is also. Not sure about Pinnacle.

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1347688)

Pushing back from DTW the agent is so worked up about not being late that we pushed with 161 passenges on a 160 seat jet.

Oops! :eek: Felt bad for the dude who through no fault of his own had to do the "walk of shame" down the aisle. Then to add insult to injury he had to wait 5 minutes in the galley since the gate

Lots of fun in SLC last night. Freezing fog, holding, RVRs 800-1200 for hours, SMGCS Ops, and lots of DCI Jets diverting to alternates. What are most RJ minimums anyway?

One daring aviator (I will not mention what airline) not be deterred by WX apparantly below mins used the following technique which is not recommended:

One RJ goes around for WX below mins. Tower reads the WX to the next RJ who says "We are inside the FAF we can continue."

WTTF??? Hopefully the wx was above their minimus since it hadn't changed for over 20 minutes but if it was above minimums his response was strange to say the least.


Scoop

Originally Posted by nwaf16dude (Post 1347732)

Buzz, take your flight pay + flight adv from your Dec 31 pay and multiply by 0.0667 and that should be your gross profit sharing payment.

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1347738)

Scoop,Many RJ operators are approved for CAT II down to either 1600 RVR or 1200 RVR. I know Horizon Q200s were approved for hand flown SE CAT III approaches!!! :eek: I assume it's the same for their Q400s.

Originally Posted by JungleBus (Post 1347748)

Yep...handflown Cat III, one or two engines, to 50' DA and 600/400/400 :eek:. Had a few foggy days flying bouncing between PDX, SEA, and GEG with 6-7 Cat III approaches...after a while, 50' seems plenty high! :D

Originally Posted by maddogmax (Post 1347752)

Your's are bigger than mine ever were!

Originally Posted by maddogmax (Post 1347752)

Your's are bigger than mine ever were!

Originally Posted by JungleBus (Post 1347748)

Yep...handflown Cat III, one or two engines, to 50' DA and 600/400/400 :eek:. Had a few foggy days flying bouncing between PDX, SEA, and GEG with 6-7 Cat III approaches...after a while, 50' seems plenty high! :D