Netjets Cessna 310

[Too Slow]

We never, ever take off if the airplane won't meet gradient on a single engine.
It may be old but it is not a POS!

1. Don't you guys like your mechanics?
Most of the mechanics don't mind, it is better than the drive to LAN from CMH and it is voluntary for them.

2. The crew; did they get the 310 offer after the previous interview group got all the 800XP-C slots?
No just don't meet the mins for the jets yet.

3. Is the 310 duty a rotation or is it like when you were a kid and got sent to your room for being a bad boy?
No, there is only 4 of us that fly it around.

4. What's the upgrade time on that bad boy?
An ATP multi.

The plane actually looked like it was pretty nice, but seriously, do you guys have a bunch of these or is this just for that area of the country?
It is in good shape, just older than the rest of the fleet.

They used to try and fly us around in a 310. Only problem is doesn't matter how many pilots shuttle pilots it had in it the single engine climb was non existent.

It wasn't a conflict of interest just a POS.

It's the only one out there. Used by the flight school to build flightime.

 

[Diesel]

HAAAAAA a 310 making a single engine climb? Where did you get those numbers. It's not required to meet any climb gradiant.

The Cessna 310 weighs less than 6,000 pounds, but stalls at 63.9 knots, so it too mustmeet the enroute single-engine climb standards. Plugging 63.9 knots into the 0.027Vso(squared) equation produces a requirement of 110.2 fpm. The 310's actual single engine climb under Part 23 conditions is 119 fpm.​

There's another point to consider here. The FAA does not require continued single-engine takeoff capability for any light aircraft other than those designed for air-taxi work and capable of hauling 10 or more passengers. Stated another way, there is no reason to assume that an aircraft will exhibit positive single-engine performance in the takeoff configuration at sea level just because it had to meet a single-engine climb-performance requirement at 5,000 clean.​

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It's a good plane when you're in that stage of your life or you're the owner.

Not to haul crews around like it's a taxicab.

 

[paulsalem]

They still use it to move crews around, usually around Ohio, PA and MI. Instead of renting a car to dive from CMH to TOL. It does a lot of last minute runs too.

 

[Diesel]

No they don't. At least they don't run any NJA crews around. They might run mechanics or NJI but no longer NJA.

 

[paulsalem]

When did that stop?

 

[Diesel]

A couple of weeks ago.

 

[paulsalem]

What's the reason?

 

[Diesel]

It's a POS

 

[paulsalem]

Well it is a Cessna

 

[Diesel]

yeah no sh!t i'm flying a X and it's the biggest POS out there.

Cessna- Proof that plastic can fly.