compass?

[Flyer1015]

I hear the E175 is a pretty nice ride (sure beats my tired E145 - I'd love to trade it in).

SJS!!!

 

[johnsonrod]

SJS!!!

Thanks newbie. Let's see how you feel after 4,000+ hours in your CRJ. You might want to trade that POS in as well.

 

[lowlycfi]

Doesn't sound that appealing to me. With that said, being furloughed by a major/national/regional airline tends to not leave many options in this economy. I guess if you are going to wait for recall or other options, sitting in an E175 for awhile wouldn't be too bad (as long as you could afford the pay). You could do a lot worse.

That's my situation. Sit around furloughed for who knows how long, or have a number on a seniority list somewhere, and more importantly HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE for my family.

Hopefully there will be a little movement if things pick up industry wide in a year or two. If not, oh well. I'm still better off than being on the street.

One thing I have learned about predictions in my almost 18 years in the airline industry-they are usually wrong. So I'll just wait and see how this turns out. Good luck to everyone out there, we're all gonna' need it.

 

[~~~^~~~]

(sure beats my tired E145 - I'd love to trade it in).

You going to bypass your flow through to this? Cross tuning radials for step down fixes is fun, fun, fun!

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Northwest-Airlines/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1315294/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aviaco/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1310884/M/

Most of NWA's entry level fleet was flying before the engineers that put jets on a Brazillia fuselage were born. Those DC9's have more time inside the marker than most of us have total time.

 

[MJ42]

You going to bypass your flow through to this? Cross tuning radials for step down fixes is fun, fun, fun!

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Northwest-Airlines/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1315294/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aviaco/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1310884/M/

Most of NWA's entry level fleet was flying before the engineers that put jets on a Brazillia fuselage were born. Those DC9's have more time inside the marker than most of us have total time.

Ah, home sweet(tired) home!

 

[Flyer1015]

Thanks newbie. Let's see how you feel after 4,000+ hours in your CRJ. You might want to trade that POS in as well.

Grass always greener on the other side, especially when it's a shiny new bigger regional jet. How long in it before you start beotching about that E170?

 

[ALIMBO]

DC9 ftw!

 

[FmrFreightDog]

You going to bypass your flow through to this? Cross tuning radials for step down fixes is fun, fun, fun!

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Northwest-Airlines/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1315294/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aviaco/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1310884/M/

Most of NWA's entry level fleet was flying before the engineers that put jets on a Brazillia fuselage were born. Those DC9's have more time inside the marker than most of us have total time.

Can't ever let an opportunity for a cheap shot go, can you? I, for one, haven't had any problem calculating my crossing restrictions on the -9. As a matter of fact, I'm quite comfortable working the turn knob, the vertical speed wheel, and the manual throttles while I fret away about how the USA Today crossword puzzles have gotten harder (used to be I was a lock until Thursday's puzzle. Now, sometimes Wednesday gives me fits...)

What's the matter? Scared to fly for a living, mister former ATR Captain???? Last time I checked, my -9 still payed a mainline wage, unlike the "mini-bus"....

By the way, unless Embraer had a bunch of 15 year old engineers working on the 135/145, your timeline is severely messed up. Far be it for you to let facts stand in the way of your hyperbole though.........

(Speaking of hyperbole.... you never did answer the question about whether or not you where in PHL when you decided to bash the NWA FA riding on your hotel van without having all the facts, did you? Reminds me of another baseless FI thread.... you know, the one about the XJT crew and the ASA pilot and thrown coffee...... Anyhow, I digress.....)

 

[McNugget]

Thanks newbie. Let's see how you feel after 4,000+ hours in your CRJ. You might want to trade that POS in as well.

It is a very nice ride. I think you will enjoy it, compared to the CRJ.

 

[check6]

Last time I checked, my -9 still payed a mainline wage, unlike the "mini-bus"....

Amen to that brotha!!

I do like the "old cessna looking" nav radios. Who says the romance of airline flying is gone?

And by the way. . .the same goes for the sudoku puzzle. I can't stick it on Fridays.