sweptback
Guess that wasn't solid
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- Sep 18, 2003
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Having flown both the 200/700 at ASA and the 3/5/7 at SWA there is not a safety problem but a line in the sand problem. Once the MEC decided it was not safe, when can they back down from that statement? Once they established the different payscales when can they go backwards to one rate. The problem is not in the operation of the aircraft, most pilots are capable, the problem is the line drawn in the sand. Who redraws it first at ASA, and a what costs do they go before it is too late for the good of the membership?
ASA MEC and membership has dug in on an issue that no one else has in the industry, is it smart? We will see, is it still in the best interest of the membership? No
Both Nelson and Drew (of course they are no longer here) were against dual qualification on the two airplanes. The current management is pro-dual qualification because that's what SkyWest wants.
The difference between the CRJ2/7 and the 757/767 is that great lengths were made during the design of the 757/767 to make sure things like cockpit height and landing attitude were as close as possible. I have never flown either obviously but I have heard they land about the same. The CRJ2/7 land completely different... and that's what would be the problem, not the system differences.