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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 2595222)

It was a CRJ 200, and she sucked. She finally stowed the boards after stalling a few times. 100 feet is too high for idle even in a 200, if your energy state is that jacked you need to go around. But she probably had the red screen disabled.

Must be a reason she works for riddle. Tami Jo probably threw up a little bit.

TJ prob fainted when she saw the video.

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Originally Posted by Ray Red (Post 2595169)

WOW. Idle at 100ft and the both hand on the yoke. And what's with pulling the spoiler handle on landing when they've already auto deployed?

If they auto deploy shouldn't the handle come back to the extended position like on Boeing aircraft? She most likely just did a manual deployment after landing.

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Originally Posted by wrxpilot (Post 2595195)

A great display of what us RJ captains are dealing with these days. I wish I was kidding.

Dealing with in terms of the quality of your FOs? If thats the case then oof!!

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Originally Posted by TCASTESTOK (Post 2595281)

If they auto deploy shouldn't the handle come back to the extended position like on Boeing aircraft? She most likely just did a manual deployment after landing.

On a CRJ the handle is only for the manual deployment. There is no full deploy detent and it only actuates the flight spoilers. Manual deployment of the ground spoilers (as well as deactivation of auto deploy) is via a 3 position switch.

For some reason she has the flight controls page up on the right MFD and you can see the spoilers indicating deployed before she moves that handle.

When I saw the video, this came to mind
https://i.imgur.com/P0Xb5CO.jpg

The ERAU guaranty: Zero to hero.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by TCASTESTOK (Post 2595288)

When I saw the video, this came to mind
https://i.imgur.com/P0Xb5CO.jpg

Isn’t this the one where the CA and FO switched seats?

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Originally Posted by TCASTESTOK (Post 2595277)

I'd be willing to bet that once ABC saw how uneventful the emergency descent was, they asked her to perform some "exciting" maneuvers that they used to spice up this ridiculous 3 minute video.

IF that happened, she should have exercised professional judgement and politely declined to embarrass the profession. Go back to the 172 and stop playing in the sim, you might damage it.

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Originally Posted by VIRotate (Post 2595305)

Isn’t this the one where the CA and FO switched seats?

No. Female mesa pilot. 7 kt winds. She upgraded a month or two after that. Went to a legacy a year or so later.

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Originally Posted by Baradium (Post 2595260)

Not going to comment on the rest of the airmanship. However...

Depending on conditions, 100 ft is very plausible in a 200. Many 200 pilots pull power way too late and land much flatter than they should be. A pretty normal technique is to begin pulling power at 100 ft and vary speed of reduction based on energy state. Power should normally be at idle by 50 ft in that plane. Depending on energy and winds, straight to idle at 100 ft does happen, especially depending on approach speed being flown (whether the operator flies at ref or ref+5 or more).

"Sink Rate" probably isn't the hint that you should pull power early.

I have thousands of hours in that thing, and the stars would have to line up right. I could do it, but frankly there were things I could do with that airplane which in the end I chose not to because it set a bad example for the FO. Stable approach and all that. When I was coming up, teaching FO's to maximize performance was part of the drill... today it's probably best just to teach them basic SOP and respect for the envelope they've been given. They won't have time to master their RJ before they upgrade.