1900 flying question

[socalpilot]

2 hands on the yoke....rhymes with Roanoke. Sound familiar? Mesa...ERJ145....stall....substantial damage....keep a hand on the Power Levers. It's not a DC3....it's a 15000 lb plane that handles fine. Even the J32 could be landed with one hand.

Do you have any time in the 1900D? If not then shut the F@!# up! The plane can be a handfull in a strong gusty crosswind.

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Dang fellas, even a 73 can be landed with one hand with a total hyd. failure and a heavy stick!!!!!

Seems to be a very odd and unsafe procedure for a 1900.

 

[NEDude]

Guys, just close the doors.

 

[climbhappy]

quote: if not then shut the f@#! up!


well, i do , socal and you fly it with one hand on the power. if not you're a wimpy girly man!

by the way, time for you to take another dose of prozac!

 

[chperplt]

Do you have any time in the 1900D? If not then shut the F@!# up! The plane can be a handfull in a strong gusty crosswind.

Socalpilot

From the looks of your profile, I have more time in the 1900 than you have total. The airplane is not a handful in strong gusty crosswinds. It may be a little more difficult with the interconnect, but it can be done easily with one hand on the yoke, and the other on the PLs.

Guys, just close the doors

Excellent advice!

 

[TopGun-MAV]

yes a good question indeed. the practice you saw in the cockpit is typical of the less experienced pilots. which airline?

just my dads 2 cents

 

[labbats]

Top Gun you've stopped being interesting and offensive. Time to change your handle again.

 

[deez_nutz2000]

Based on TopGun's TT, looks like he's "Continental Connection" maybe, or somewhere else where he is paying for that unbeatable 121 time.

 

[deskjobssuck]

Aw jeez, man. Don't go knocking all of us Continental Connection carriers. I can't speak for Gulfstream because I've never had any experience with them, but I know that CommutAir and Skywest are top-notch carriers. Sure, CommutAir is a funny little airline, but its a good company and they hire good people. I really enjoy working for them.

As far as topgun's comment about less experienced pilots goes, sure, we aren't hiring 10,000 hour pilots. However, they do enter the system well trained and ready to go. It is a long reach all the way across the Beech cockpit to thse power levers and if you don't have long arms and don't have your groove on in the plane yet, it can be a little tough to handle the plane in a lot of wind. Like I said before, I don't agree with the practice, but if it makes them more comfortable until they figure things out, go for it.

 

[deez_nutz2000]

Deskjob,

Didnt mean to attack Connection.....just was referring to one in particular. Not the honest ones.

 

[socalpilot]

From the looks of your profile, I have more time in the 1900 than you have total. The airplane is not a handful in strong gusty crosswinds. It may be a little more difficult with the interconnect, but it can be done easily with one hand on the yoke, and the other on the PLs.

Thank you for pointing out how much more experience you have than me. I'm sure there are many things I could learn from you. I'm not saying the airplane can't be flown with one hand. It's just that when your a new FO flying the airplane in a strong gusting crosswind it can be challenging. This particular flight sounds like it was a new FO that needed a little help. acaTerry and his comments about roanoke just seem a little out of place. I get tired of people making comments about things they have no experience with. I think closing the cockpit doors is good advice but I know by the customers comments that many passengers really like watching us do our job.

 

[Cardinal]

If you don't have the muscle to land a 16000 pound King Air in a little wind and have to resort to procedures the likes of which I've only heard of in the military airdrop community - Go to the Gym!