ackattacker
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AA717driver said:
I don't have any time in either... but maybe it's because Citation pilots keep running them off the end of the runway. At least a King Air has effective reverse.
BTW I've flown with plenty of owner pilots who "take safety very seriously" and "spare no expense" in training. Most of them are frighteningly dangerous. I remember one guy, more money than brains, had a Cirrus. Told me he flies "just like the airlines" which to him meant IFR on severe clear days and autopilot on from rotation to flare. Told him to demonstrate a stall and he refused, saying it was "unsafe".
Later I heard that his autopilot had failed him on a x-country. He declared an emergency, landed at the first available airport and sold the plane (didn't trust it anymore, never flew it again). I kid you not. He has an order in for a Citation Mustang.
Another guy, FSI trained, got the stall buffet on a 421 cause he got too slow in the climb (we were carrying a light frosting of ice). Freaked out, had no idea what was going on. I told him to lower the nose and he couldn't bring himself to do it because we were assigned a climb. I had to take over, he probably would have spun it in. He has an order in for an Adam Aircraft.
I could go on and on. These guys all think that technology is what makes airplanes safe. The warning signs is when they spend all their free time talking about the avionics instead of the aerodynamics. You couldn't pay me enough to babysit these guys (again).
