CE750 at NJA

[gunfyter]

ramming Speed!​

 

[pdub20s]

lol how is it the slave ship?

 

[gunfyter]

MANY tours 40 to 45 hrs... 55hr tour (with an extended day). Almost never less than 30 hrs... only if you break the plane....

Long duty days.... short rest nights.

You'll be sorry.

 

[pdub20s]

my guess is that they do multiple coast to coast runs?

 

[Floyd94]

So which is the better aircraft to work with out of the fleet?

 

[wanttofly]

If you want to sit around in FBO's, then the 400. The 10 and XL are the busy fleets. 10 is used to cover the larger planes and the XL is used to cover the small cabins. I think that the 680 in a short amount of time will become a busy fleet. The Ultra is a dying fleet and the planes are becoming older so it will probably continue to slow down. A lot of it is just luck, some tours are worse than others no matter what fleet you are in.

 

[gunfyter]

You want to fly the 800XP...

 

[RNObased]

You want to fly the 800XP...

Ding, ding, we have a winner. The G200 is well on it's way to becoming the new X as far as work load. Covering for everyone.

 

[cocknbull]

You want to fly the 800XP...

Not only are you right on, but your avitar is sweet too.

I wanted the 800, but was given the XL/XLS. The pay is nice and most of my tours are 12 hours of duty and 12 hours of rest with 25 hours of flight time. The big draw back is that it is a cessna and they suck. The cockpit was not designed pilot friendly and it flys like $hit. The Embry-Riddle engineering seniors could have designed a better airplane for a class project.

Based on what people have told me the X sucks too.

 

[skiandsurf]

The cockpit was not designed pilot friendly and it flys like $hit. Based on what people have told me the X sucks too.

Coming from an A320, all of these corporate cockpits are too small and uncomfortable. I got hired into the X, and yes the cockpit is small, but you get used to it. I have heard that the Hawker is better. As far as flying the X, I think its flies fine. Since most of the flying is done with the autopilot on, I think it flies just fine. I have seen guys land it, lets just say "different than me". Some of the guys "drive it onto the runway" without straightening the nose before landing (using rudder). I like to flare and use the rudder to land with the nose pointed down the runway.

It is fast. .90 is normal cruise. .92 after you burn off some fuel.

Pax like the speed. The typical flight ( if there is such a thing) has no more than 3 pax. Very comfortable. I have had 8 pax a few times, it does get a little tight back there.....but doable.

The typical NJ week ( again, there is no such thing) can be transcons day after day, or it can be bouncing around Florida for a day or two. I find myself in SJC, LAX, MIA, DAL or ASE, EGL. Not so much FAR or FSD....although, I did go into 2 uncontolled airports last week.