GogglesPisano
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Hey Goggles I think its fair to say though everything else you fly after the MD-11 will be easy.
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Hey Goggles I think its fair to say though everything else you fly after the MD-11 will be easy.
Huh? I've got equal hours in the 737-700 and the MD-11. The MD-11's cockpit is MUCH, MUCH better than the 737s or the 757s for that matter - a lot more room and a LOT quieter. The FMS in the MD-11 is just about the exact same speed as the 737 and a lot more user friendly.I admit I was a little harsh. The flight deck is dark, drab and dreary. The FMS is slow. It handles like a garbage truck half full of water. Only 200 copies were made and every cockpit is different.
On the other hand, it is powerful and you can always get down if you're high. And it's built like a tank.
What is this based on? Flight hours? Number of flights? Hull losses? Number of fatalities? What about pilot error vs design/mechanical flaw? Certainly, the kind and area of operation would also have an effect. Not to mention that serious accidents are rare enough (fortunately!) that it only takes one or two to hugely influence the data.
Gotta love statistics.
what a crock of sh!t list. another example of numbers or stats that mean nothing. an aircraft is only as "safe" as its crew and the type of operations it is used for.
this same kind of stuff happens in the bicycle industry. big companies like specialized and trek make marketing charts like stiffness to weight ratio charts for frame materials (ti, steel, al, carbon) and state how their material/flavor of the year is best according to this and that number. the funny thing is if your using this criteria (stiffness to weight) to build your frame then balsa wood would be your best material. I've been riding/racing/wrenching on and selling bikes since i was 12 and have yet to see one built from balsa wood.