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03-12-2019 | 06:19 AM
#691
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Curious; any details on what would give you that impression or what their experience and 121 history was?
03-12-2019 | 07:40 AM
#692
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The 145 is an ok airplane, mx does a great job here so you’re usually not getting stung by the 20 yo birds falling apart until you get a bad GPU.
The problems with it are the short legs (easily 3x as much work to fly as the 175 for the same hours), 10x as long on reserve, and Dallas is much more senior on the FO side.
The problems with it are the short legs (easily 3x as much work to fly as the 175 for the same hours), 10x as long on reserve, and Dallas is much more senior on the FO side.
03-12-2019 | 08:13 AM
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The 145 is an ok airplane, mx does a great job here so you’re usually not getting stung by the 20 yo birds falling apart until you get a bad GPU.
The problems with it are the short legs (easily 3x as much work to fly as the 175 for the same hours), 10x as long on reserve, and Dallas is much more senior on the FO side.
The problems with it are the short legs (easily 3x as much work to fly as the 175 for the same hours), 10x as long on reserve, and Dallas is much more senior on the FO side.
The 175 has lots of short legs, I would argue it is more common to have 1 hour legs than it is the cherry 3 hour ones. Granted, the 175 is more user friendly in terms of checklists and such, so there is that.
03-12-2019 | 01:28 PM
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I joined late 2016 on the 145. Only did 2-3 weeks reserve as FO, flew 1000 hours in 12 months after IOE, upgraded then spent 2-3 weeks reserve as a Captain.
So it’s really hard to judge. Timing is everything.
There’s a lot of 145 FO’s and CA’s moving to the 175 so that will have a knock on effect of opening up spots to reduce reserve on the 145 eventually.
03-13-2019 | 04:12 AM
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It’s swings and roundabouts.
I joined late 2016 on the 145. Only did 2-3 weeks reserve as FO, flew 1000 hours in 12 months after IOE, upgraded then spent 2-3 weeks reserve as a Captain.
So it’s really hard to judge. Timing is everything.
There’s a lot of 145 FO’s and CA’s moving to the 175 so that will have a knock on effect of opening up spots to reduce reserve on the 145 eventually.
I joined late 2016 on the 145. Only did 2-3 weeks reserve as FO, flew 1000 hours in 12 months after IOE, upgraded then spent 2-3 weeks reserve as a Captain.
So it’s really hard to judge. Timing is everything.
There’s a lot of 145 FO’s and CA’s moving to the 175 so that will have a knock on effect of opening up spots to reduce reserve on the 145 eventually.
03-15-2019 | 08:33 AM
#697
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Yup. Just doesn't come with the glamour of flying the "almost mainline" engines-under-wings-and-auto-throttles or the suave and debonair 0.83 of the few and the proud Original Eagle Heavy drivers.
On the serious note - I hear it's a great airplane. And if you are SoFlo, that's the one that will get you to live in base, which is lightyears more important than autothrottles.
On the serious note - I hear it's a great airplane. And if you are SoFlo, that's the one that will get you to live in base, which is lightyears more important than autothrottles.
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