The chicks dig the return to gate maneuver. All kidding aside, it's cool. Handflown CAT IIIb single engine, RNP (in the sim...woo hoo) an apu and glass. What more do you need? Auto rudder trim would be nice....but I don't wanna be bltchy...

Poor little feller! You gonna be ok? At least that seems a little more substantive than *****ing about somebody *****ing in a van...

The 400 is far less automated overall than the RJ (at least the 700). No auto fuel transfer, doesn't set loc courses automatically (that's huge! :), ALT SEL has to be manually selected in the 400 (***?), manual FADEC mode selections, etc... all of those are minor things, obviously, but when you add all the little extras together, the workload is higher in the Q. It's pretty obvious that the Q was 'dumbed down' to maintain a common type rating with the earlier Dashes.

I got pretty bored flying the CRJ, but that's fairly rare in the Q. My advice would be to look at the TRIPS and the LINES associated with each aircraft, and, if given the opportunity, choose on the basis of lifestyle.

Best of luck...

The F18 is one sweet ride as well. Trade you for a day!?

Well....as hard as it is - at least it is possible for you to get a ride more so than it is for me to ride in your jumpseat. Amazing huh? ;)

USMCFLYR

It worked? Lucky! Ours are crappy, if there is one. Handflying is my norm.

I would love to know the key to get through that door. I looked at the Marines back in '93-94 and the PLC program. I ended up having 20/30 vision and they said it must be 20/20 to start training. The Hornet was the one airplane I wanted to fly and the Marines is who I wanted to fly it for. At DAL I've noticed the difference between the Air Force, Navy and Marine pilots when asked what they did prior to DAL was this:

Air Force Pilots will say "I flew F16s". That means they were Air Force.

Nave guys will say "I was a naval aviator" then they tell you what they flew.

Marines will say "I was a Marine". You have to ask what they flew. Their a Marine first and a pilot second. They are usually the most laid back guys as well. Great guys. If there's a way to get a Hornet ride I'd love to know. That would be the culmination of a lifelong childhood dream.

I agree, who cares what it flys like whats the pay like. :D probable more automated than the mad dog

Who cares? That's what the thread was about, that's why everyone is talking about it. The thread wasn't titled "What does it pay and is it a fair rate for industry standards adjusted for the transition of mainline flying to regionals through the failure of maintaining appropriate scope". That is a different discussion that is covered in plenty of other threads.

Back to the topic at hand, as someone who has flown the 3 classic dash models, I'm a little jealous everytime I see the 400. I would love to take it for a ride.

I think the same thing when I see the 100. Looks like alot of fun, like a gocart compared to the length of the 400.

Nevermind...