Hey there T,
Yes, we are flying out of Alliance. Been here since last Thursday, passed the oral today, go home for a break tomorrow. Back Monday evening to finish up and have the flight portion next Thursday.
To answer your question, No. The potty is not belted, and may not be occupied during taxi, takeoff or landing. Max seating is 5 pax in a single-pilot operation. One lap child under 2 yrs is allowed.
One thing I don't like is the checklist, or the lay out to be more specific. There are some charts in one location, and other charts and tables in other sections. You have to do a little hunting. We're constantly going between several locations to find certain speeds. It just needs to be revised.
Not sure if I mentioned the tire speed yet, but it's 139 kts ground speed. We flew a no-flap approach today and our Vref was 144 KIAS. You can see the problem. A Limitation states that the tires must be
replaced after landings above 139 kts ground speed.
The landing gear and flap extention takes a long, long time. Care must be exercised to configure the a/c ahead of time.
There's really very little that I do not like about the airplane. It has been great so far. Keep in mind that we are flying one of the EXPERIMENTAL planes, not a production aircraft. They keep bringing that fact up because there have been improvements and changes made that did not include this one, so I imagine the production aircraft will be really slick.