SKW 200s restricted to 280 and 900s to 350

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06-22-2015 | 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BeatNavy

Interesting that the best pilots in the world who passed the toughest airline interview in existence are not trusted to take a 900 to FL360.

An airline is only as smart as their dumbest pilot!

06-22-2015 | 07:48 AM

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We are consistently dispatched to an altitude we will not be able to make in 200s. The answer to this is simple...."We'd like to stop the climb at FLXXX." If you are in a 200, in the summer, and you are filed at 350 it probably aint gonna happen. grab a little more gas and stop the climb at 31. At what point did we stop being pilots? This is basic stuff. A FL280 restriction is a little extreme.

A 7/9 being restricted to 350 is downright asinine.

06-22-2015 | 07:52 AM

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Wooowwww

That super hard interview really works!

06-22-2015 | 08:31 AM

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Am I the only one reading this correctly? There isn't an altitude restriction, it's a minimum air speed restriction.

06-22-2015 | 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Slatsnflaps

Am I the only one reading this correctly? There isn't an altitude restriction, it's a minimum air speed restriction.

Read it again.........

06-22-2015 | 08:43 AM

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Where is facebiter to explain this all?

well hes probably at FL280.

06-22-2015 | 09:09 AM

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I don't have experience in the 200 but I am told its high level climb performance is really bad. Therefore, pilots are climbing right in the edge just to stay legal at a minimum of 500fpm(I hear they can't even do that in the summer).

What do you mean "stay legal"?

If you can't climb at 500fpm, you simply tell ATC.

Is there something else you're referencing that's "illegal"?

06-22-2015 | 09:12 AM

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What do you mean "stay legal"?

If you can't climb at 500fpm, you simply tell ATC.

Is there something else you're referencing that's "illegal"?

Understood and agree. I guess I just thought that was a given. How often have you heard a CRJ saying "unable to maintain a 500fpm climb?" (Or some derivative)

06-22-2015 | 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BeatNavy

Interesting that the best pilots in the world who passed the toughest airline interview in existence are not trusted to take a 900 to FL360.

Delta Air Line pilots fly the CRJ-900?

06-22-2015 | 09:18 AM

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Understood and agree. I guess I just thought that was a given. How often have you heard a CRJ saying "unable to maintain a 500fpm climb?" (Or some derivative)

Not sure how many aircraft I've ever heard make that report, in the flight levels anyway.

But I'm not sure if I care that much to notice.

Not really sure though how that factors into pilots KNOWING HOW TO DO THEIR FRIGGIN' JOB.

Can't climb? Simply tell ATC you can't climb. What are they gonna do? Violate you because you complied with FAR's on a mandatory report?