sorry, accidental double post--see previous page.

 

Uhhh... let her go where? I'm under the impression MOST B1900 don't have lavs...

 

Lets sum it up = coach sucks. Any plane, any airline.

Fake leather vs. cloth; who cares what the seat is made of. I was at Express nine years. When I did any DH on the RJ, I would always ask for any "A" seat. I don't do much CAL DH, but when I did in the past I would ask for an empty seat next to me. First class is hard to get domestic, but it does happen now and then. I'll take CAL flights for DH. Warm food, room to get up and walk, can put your bags in it, a movie, first class, etc. Deadheading crews get the aisle seats, not the middle seats. The seats to avoid are the ones that don't recline near emergency exits and the aisle seats near the LAV. You get the line of people waiting for the LAV bumping into you and the lovely smell of being near the LAV itself. Still coach is coach, but Express is all coach.

 

Yea, you are right, but the story you conveyed from freezing fly boy refered to being trapped between lardo the loudmouth and granny bladderfull on a multi-seat row.

I was refering to having nobody to sandwich me. That is what I like.

 

AHH, ok now I see... Yea the middle sux there's not doubt about that! Are 1900's loud inside? I've never jumped one...

 

I had only heard bad things--hard seats, loud vibrations.
I rode on a Commutair 1900 recently, and the seats were nice, made of "leather?", it was a comfortable sound level for a turbo-prop.

For John Q Public, (you know, the one who wants to know why he isn't riding on a 777 for a flight from Charlotte to Greensboro), it would be "horrible", but for me it was fine.

Remember, Im a King Air pilot. While the 200 I fly has wool carpet and sidewalls, LEATHER seats real wood trays, etc., I still have a bond to the 1900s design. (Granted, the 1900 flys WAY MORE cycles than my 200 does, so I forgive a few rattles.)

 

Usually when I DH on CAL I ask for a playboy playmate to be seated next to me in a bikini holding a plate of fruit. You can ask all day long but when the plane is full and their turning away non-revs it aint gonna happen. Must be great for you to be over at CAL where you can look down on your XJT brothers and sisters from your big ol' 75 all day long...

 

I jumped one once when I was desperate. She didn't care for my advances I wasn't too upset, the Beech was ugly anyway.

 

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Yes, it is great to be at CAL. Yes, it was great to fly the 737. Yes, it is great to fly the 757. No, I don't see much of Express in Europe. I do see some ERJ's over there, but in Europe my 757 is the small plane. Everyone else is flying bigger equipment. Just the other day at the stand (gate) I was inbetween two 747's; one -200 and one -400. If you are serious that I'm "looking down" at Express pilots in a bad way and not a literal one (my plane is higher than yours). Remember I have 2000 hours in the ATR and 5000 in the ERJ, so I'm not looking down at anyone in a bad way.

It's great at CAL, so if any of you are trying to get here, I wish you good luck.

 

Hey, you didn't ride AVP to CLE last Tues? Had a guy who rode on the plane and I got the impression he flew a King Air.