You get the "Takeoff OK" with 1 engine running too(or no engines for that matter), the only thing that button checks is Flaps, trim, spoilers, parking brake.

Hi!

The Falcon 20s I flew were limited to FL350. I flew one long-range cruise from YIP-ELP and we were down to .56 at altitude for best range. A lot of them would not make it to .74 with max continuous.

Very slow...

cliff
NBO

I'd never thought a Falcon could get in the way of a CE-500......

You have to cut them some slack. Their systems class isn't as ridiculously in depth as AMR's was/is. Yes, they do learn how to fly the plane, and how most systems work.... but that how to build it stuff, and how it interacts and works together crap is reserved for Sky Nazi school.... or in your case Junior Sky Nazi school. End result is don't expect to see them coming online as fast as you guys thought. The mx issues are much more in depth than were anticipated, and the FSDO has launched an investigation.

Between the upcomming maintenance issue, and the soon to happen strike vote, I hope people plan on shorting the stock, and not going long.

Are you serious with this? Are you really going to judge the sytems knowledge of an entire pilot group by some random post on APC? I'm pretty sure our system's manual is just as thick as yours and yeah, Eagle's lil interactive cockpit program is on the internet.

I'd be willing to put the systems knowledge of most of our captains up against most at Eagle. Waterskiers deal with more DMI's and MX safety issues before upgrade than most 15 yr captains at Eagle.

Our systems knowledge is strong just out of necessity of self-preservation.

You attack another for belittling your pilots aircraft knowledge and then turn around and commit the very same transgression.

That bumps you down to a "D-" for both oblectivity and credibility.

As a 20 year captain for Eagle, the claim that your 3 year F/O's have more system knowledge then myself or other senior Eagle captains is baseless propwash. I'll assume it was just thoughtless emotion and misguided youth.

One thing is becoming increasingly obvious.........TSA maintenance is illegal and dangerous and TSA should be shutdown until the flying public's safety can be reasonable assured.

All hail the mighty Eagle. Safest, bestest regional out there with the most incredible pilots on Earth.

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They're so good they don't need the stinking gear.

I'll also assume that you know how to read and if you take the chance to re-read my post, I didn't say that at all. I'll sum it up for you to save you the time.

1) Our captains have just as much, if not more, systems knowledge as yours.
2) We deal with many more systems related issues on a daily basis due to our MX than you do.

You can put 1 and 2 together in a blender and come out with your above quote, but that's not what I said. Also, I did not belittle anyone. I just said our captains are on par with yours from a knowledge standpoint because we NEED to be.

Priceless.

Was that thud I heard someone being thrown off their high horse?

Unless you guys at TSA have different E-145's, the Takeoff config Warning only looks at Parking Brake, Flaps, Spoilers, and Trim. Stay in the books.