Legacy Bashfest - Bring it on!

[voteno]

All Embraer aircraft are built by short people with wheel-barrows and shovels! I can't believe anybody has anything positive to say about Embraer! P.O.S.! That about sums it up! Noise, No static discharge, WX radar that doesn't work, windshield wipers that don't wipe the rain and so on...............! And oh, all that F#CKING DINGING! I guess they are blind in Brazil! That must explain it!

 

[501261]

At least you can stand up in the ERJ lav. That CRJ gives me a stiff neck when I try to go whiz.

Now there's a good comparison. I for one much prefer the ERJ to the CRJ. I prefer the 1 x 2 seating arrangement.

See it's not that hard to get get a compliment on that POS, you just have to compare it to the right airplane.

 

[mmmdonut]

I agree the CRJ is garbage... but not the 700 or 900

Like I said... Jetstar

 

[LXJ31]

At least you can stand up in the ERJ lav. That CRJ gives me a stiff neck when I try to go whiz.

Great! I'll ask the gate agent for seat 1LAV for the punishing haul from Greensboro to DFW. I'll have to stand for three + hours but its better than getting deep vein thrombosis from being pinned in by high-density seating.

RJs are good for short haul flights, 1.3 maximum, from a comfort viewpoint. Anything longer than that is just misery.

 

[mmmdonut]

embraer.com says the Legacy can take a direct hit from an EMP gun...

 

[some_dude]

You don't find entertainment of this quality just anywhere! This almost makes me forget I have to get in the sim at 6am tomorrow.

Now, let's see, the G-II is a $2M airplane at best, and the GIII about $5M at best. So, by your logic, if we're comparing them to the Legacy, hmm, I'd say the Legacy is about $15M overpriced! That will pay for a lot of maintenance.

Can we get back to the point. The main planes I am using for comparison outside or reliability are the II, III, and IV. We are all well aware of the V's performance when it isn't inthe hangar for MX!

 

[Dumbledore]

No lying here at all. As stated earlier in this thread, I also have ERJ experience. I had no aborts in that aircraft. I have had none in the Legacy.

Fine. Let's go with that. So you've got prior ERJ experience. It's safe to say that this was airline experience and with that said, I have a question: Who the he11 do you think you're kidding???

In order to believe your claim that you've never been sidelined by mechanical problems one would have to believe that you never swapped aircraft with another crew because their airplane was in the dumper. Now let's see - crew swaps - nah, that NEVER happens.

Now let's move on to the pressurization issue. Here's what you said at first:

I have also never gone to 410 but I know the plane can do it by looking at my diff. At 390 I am nowhere near 8.3 psid.

That is what you said, OKAY? When I called you on the absurdity of your statement (that since hte pressurization wasn't at max diff you could climb higher) you responded with this:

As for my ignorance of pressurization, perhaps it is you who is ignorant. If we want to take this tube above 410 (to sat, 430) at the 410 cabin alt we need to go to 8.5 diff. The Legacy and RJ do not operate at max diff until 410 which is why we got the 410 capability so quickly (the plane is over-engineered for its original mission in nearly every area).

No ignorance here. It's nice that you can change your story so adeptly as soon as you realize that the bullsh*t level is rising in your cage.

Enough with the bandaids. You're just full of it. You haven't the experience in a wide variety of aircraft to have any clue what you're talking about. There are Gulfstream II, III, IV, V, 450, 550, Falcon 50/900 captains here PROVING this point and you simply refuse to accept it.

Okay, the Legacy has a niche. That said, it is not the same niche that Gulfstreams occupy in the corporate aviation market. Further, it is inappropriate of you to belittle an airplane you CLEARLY know nothing about particularly if you are using an inapplicable comparison (such as a Legacy) to make your point.

 

[da10plt]

Legacy,


What kind of a car do you drive?

 

[AA717driver]

Legacy,


What kind of a car do you drive?

A Yugo. And, it's really, really efficient!

Today, we left SBA(6000' of runway) at 88,500 lbs.(90k is max) on a wet runway and climbed straight up to FL410(or, at least we could have if LA Center hadn't kept all outgoing traffic down below FL250 till they got to LAS... )

Dude, you need to choose your fights more carefully. And, you shouldn't apply for that Legacy demo pilot job because you keep getting your a$$ handed to you!TC

 

[Dumbledore]

Today, we left SBA(6000' of runway) at 88,500 lbs.(90k is max) on a wet runway and climbed straight up to FL410(or, at least we could have if LA Center hadn't kept all outgoing traffic down below FL250 till they got to LAS... )

Where'd you go with that much fuel? I got into SBA today at noon - p*ssing down rain and wind blowing like a French whore. Haven't seen it that bad there since the 1982-83 El Niño winter. I guess I don't get there enough! Nice tonight though.

Sorry about keeping you down low until BLD!