A question for current/former RJ drivers

[adqrip]

I was talking with my cousin this weekend and she related an experience she had while flying as a pax on a RJ. Seems the a/c suffered a rapid decompression and she said the a/c did a rapid descent and scared the living poop out of her & the rest of the paxs. The pilot later came on the the PA and said the autopilot responded to the rapid decompression and dove the a/c. I have never heard of such a thing & since I have never flown RJ's thought I might asked the RJ community. This happened in 88/89. She is still afraid of flying to this day.

thanks, rip

 

[Charlie Brown]

I don't think there were any RJs flying in 88-89. I know the E145 wasn't certified until 95 or 96. CRJ was around the same time I believe. It could have been a Fokker or t-prop?

 

[Capt. Caucasian]

The "RJ" as we know it today did not exist in 1988 or 1989. The CRJ first flew in 1993 and the ERJ in 1996. Maybe it was an Avro? or DC9 ?

 

[www.]

I was talking with my cousin this weekend and she related an experience she had while flying as a pax on a RJ. Seems the a/c suffered a rapid decompression and she said the a/c did a rapid descent and scared the living poop out of her & the rest of the paxs. The pilot later came on the the PA and said the autopilot responded to the rapid decompression and dove the a/c. I have never heard of such a thing & since I have never flown RJ's thought I might asked the RJ community. This happened in 88/89. She is still afraid of flying to this day.

thanks, rip

I don't think there were RJs back then.

 

[Capt. Caucasian]

I don't think there were any RJs flying in 88-89. I know the E145 wasn't certified until 95 or 96. CRJ was around the same time I believe. It could have been a Fokker or t-prop?

You beat me to it!

 

[lionflyer]

The autopilot will not automatically decend the CRJ in the event of a rapid decomp. The pilot has to do that. That's why we get the "big bucks".

 

[adqrip]

Tks, when I asked the a/c type I got the "deer in the headlights look". We'll make the question any regional type a/c flying in 88/89?

 

[TOOL CRIB]

I've heard Citation X's do that automatically. They also turn 45 or 90 degrees or something to get off the airway.

 

[imacdog]

I've heard Citation X's do that automatically. They also turn 45 or 90 degrees or something to get off the airway.

The Citation XLS has an automatic emergency descent mode, so it's likely that the X does as well. The CRJ has no automatic descent mode in the event of a rapid decompression, but they weren't around in 88/89. Maybe a Fokker 28 or something similar?

 

[Jaike1]

EDM - Emergency descent mode. Happens in a Citation III/VII above ~ FL350 w/ autopilot on, turns 90 and levels at 15,000'. Does a pretty good job actually. In the sim thank goodness!
Don't know about regionals...

 

[Booker]

The autopilot will not automatically decend the CRJ in the event of a rapid decomp. The pilot has to do that. That's why we get the "big bucks".

Ditto for the WSCoD.

 

[ATRCA]

The autopilot will not automatically decend the CRJ in the event of a rapid decomp. The pilot has to do that. That's why we get the "big bucks".

Same for the E-145. They will not initiate descent without pilot input.

 

[CesnaCaptn]

Maybe to clarify you could ask your cousin which cities she was flying between and what airline it was on. We might be able to figure out what type of airplane it was.

 

[Hovernut]

Hey, wasn't the DC-9 the RJ of that day?