Q going to Mexico
01-15-2010 | 05:11 PM
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You're not shooting approaches over DAS.
Anyway, I'm talking about disconnecting the autopilot when you're going into SLW and the autopilot starts trying to turn you 30 degrees off the final approach course. Anyway, it's been a solid year and a half for me since I've flown that plane into Mexico (or flown it, period).
Anyway, I'm talking about disconnecting the autopilot when you're going into SLW and the autopilot starts trying to turn you 30 degrees off the final approach course. Anyway, it's been a solid year and a half for me since I've flown that plane into Mexico (or flown it, period).
Granted, I can't say that our Q FO group has that experience, as most of them were hired straight into the Q, but almost all of the captains are transitions from the Beech and/or Saab.
01-15-2010 | 05:17 PM
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I understand, but my point is that you're talking to a pilot group who, until very recently, only flew Beech 1900s and Saab 340s. Telling us about how hard "green needle" approaches are with no autopilot is like complaining to a dentist about how bad one of your co-workers breath stinks. That dentist is thinking "I have my head in that all day long..."
Granted, I can't say that our Q FO group has that experience, as most of them were hired straight into the Q, but almost all of the captains are transitions from the Beech and/or Saab.
Granted, I can't say that our Q FO group has that experience, as most of them were hired straight into the Q, but almost all of the captains are transitions from the Beech and/or Saab.
I was based in VT with my current company all summer and know that Colgan used to do the same route in airplanes with comparable equipment to my own. Nothing but respect from me for the flying you guys do. I know what it's like.I was simply responding to Jetrecruiter's claim that the ERJ has a good FMS/AP to help out in Mexico. It does not.
01-15-2010 | 05:21 PM
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Just to make it clear, I never said that you guys were unable to do the flying. Okay, I did, but definitely in jest. I was based in VT with my current company all summer and know that Colgan used to do the same route in airplanes with comparable equipment to my own. Nothing but respect from me for the flying you guys do. I know what it's like.
I was simply responding to Jetrecruiter's claim that the ERJ has a good FMS/AP to help out in Mexico. It does not.
I was based in VT with my current company all summer and know that Colgan used to do the same route in airplanes with comparable equipment to my own. Nothing but respect from me for the flying you guys do. I know what it's like.I was simply responding to Jetrecruiter's claim that the ERJ has a good FMS/AP to help out in Mexico. It does not.
01-15-2010 | 07:07 PM
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01-15-2010 | 07:29 PM
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01-15-2010 | 09:57 PM
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01-16-2010 | 09:04 AM
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01-16-2010 | 11:01 AM
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01-24-2010 | 08:50 AM
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Green needles!?!?! Hand fly!?!?!?!?! Sketchy VORs!?!?!?!
Wait, why would you have to hand-fly due to sketchy VORs? Can you not turn a heading bug? DAS is about the king of Sketchy VORs (and yes, I have flown in Mexico before), and all that means is you can't use Nav mode. I'm sure your airplane has a Heading mode, too, yes?
You know what this sounds like? Every day ops for Saab/Beech/DC-9 drivers.
Edit: What I'm saying, I guess, is that I'm confident that any airline pilot is confident in their own ability to fly under these conditions, otherwise they have no business doing the job they do. That being said, knowing that a hand-flown non-radar arc/teardrop approach was going to happen during the flight, and I could pick the pilots, I'm grabbing guys with experience in the Beech.
Wait, why would you have to hand-fly due to sketchy VORs? Can you not turn a heading bug? DAS is about the king of Sketchy VORs (and yes, I have flown in Mexico before), and all that means is you can't use Nav mode. I'm sure your airplane has a Heading mode, too, yes?
You know what this sounds like? Every day ops for Saab/Beech/DC-9 drivers.
Edit: What I'm saying, I guess, is that I'm confident that any airline pilot is confident in their own ability to fly under these conditions, otherwise they have no business doing the job they do. That being said, knowing that a hand-flown non-radar arc/teardrop approach was going to happen during the flight, and I could pick the pilots, I'm grabbing guys with experience in the Beech.
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