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You guys had RJ's all along and didn't even know it! :)

The pilot, however, was not able to steer the jet back to the terminal.

The airport shuttled the 36 passengers, bound for Roanoke, Va., back to the terminal. Piedmont Airlines is an operator for US Airways Express. The plane was a Dash 8, described as a smaller regional jet. -- Clay Barbour
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Bad couple of days for trying to get to ROA. Winds were gusting to 52 today. The early afternoon flight from CLT sat it out for a while.
 
had a PDT hydraulic failure T/O in front of me back in the spring out a CLT. The famed fluid "inside the cabin" fun fest. Was not surprised for "some" reason...
Any lawsuits come out of that one???
 
anyone hear of the 4 brake fires in one week recently? i guess 3 were in clt and 1 up north. thank god for those brake temp gauges!!
 
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hey-zues fricken cristo dont they do any research before writing these articles?????
 
it gets a little bit of jet thrust from the exhaust... They probably knew no one would read the article if it was about a prop...
 
Okay all you new hires. The pilot was unable to steer the plane back to the gate.

So which Hyd System had issues????? LOL


Lowly Prop

Ask Piedmont says...... Hell No
 
nethan said:
Bad couple of days for trying to get to ROA. Winds were gusting to 52 today. The early afternoon flight from CLT sat it out for a while.
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CLT was fun. Winds were variable 240/330 gusting 30+ knots all day. 36s were the only runways in use. Was wishing I had a video camera to film the approaches and landings when I was 10-12 in line. Fun seeing 757s and airbuses getting tossed around like tin cans. :eek:
 
WSurf said:
Okay all you new hires. The pilot was unable to steer the plane back to the gate.

So which Hyd System had issues????? LOL
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Lesee....

The green hydraulic system backup pump spring on the outboard nacelle intake wiper flange #2A?

What do I win?
 
The A system... Oh yeah.... That's not it. Must be the muffler shaft.

Recent upgrade CA on this one. Good guy who did a good job.
 
It was the Fetzer valve again..... they are all operated by ball bearings these days....... ya know?
 
Lets see what the CLT Observers editor has to say for himself after I send this to him.........

Your so called "Reporter" Clay Barbour needs to get his facts straight about aircraft reporting. First of all the De Havilland Dash 8 is not a "regional jet" it is a turbo prop aircraft. This means it has jet engines that drive a gear box which spin propellers (much to the "ignorant" general publics dismay of seeing props on airline equipment) courtesy of "you" the media. They don't realize that in many cases they are actually safer in these aircraft than on "jet equipment" thanks to the uneducated "media hype type" reporting that is shamefully shared with your readers. Your reporting never seems to mention the fact of how environmentally "green" these aircraft are in their ability to get the job done at a fraction of the fuel burn that jets consume. Everyone in the airline industry is embarrassed by the media's take on aviation related reporting. It is "sensational" in your eyes, it "grabs attention" and sells papers whether or not you and your publications even bother to take the time to check the facts.
Secondly, for having personally flown this type equipment for more than 10,000 hours, I will go on record for stating that the aircraft that Piedmont operates has an outstanding safety record. This is for 2 reasons, talented crew and a good solid airplane that is built like a tank. To the best of my knowledge no one has been seriously hurt in any incident with this particular aircraft at this company. All the De Havilland Dash 8 aircraft operated world wide have been involved in very few accidents through out its long operational history when compared to other jet aircraft.
Sorry to put such a "damper" on your reporters story! Why do you call your paper "The Observer" when your reporters are just not paying attention?
Capt. Z
:angryfire
 
Cap, good letter, but I doubt he'll give a rats south end.
 
Boy, the Charlotte Disturber gives fast responses:

Dear Captain Zaahlie:

Thank you for your correction to our article about the terrifying incident on board of the US Airways aircraft in Charlotte. Please be assured that your timely correction will appear in next week's Sunday edition, or maybe the Sunday after... We don't really know; Our ombudsman who normally handles such things went looking for something called "LBFMs" in Thailand about 4 weeks ago and hasn't been seen since. If you know anything about that, please let us know.

We especially appreciate the time you took to carefully explain the functioning of the engines on the Dash 8 aircraft. While we actually understood none of it (turbine? gear box?) I am sure that our research staff will qoute from it liberally in our next "Terror in the Skies" segement. We really don't understand the whole propeller efficiency thing... Look, the only propeller we are familiar with is the one on the beanie on the mail room boy's head. We sure do love to spin that sucker.

Thank you once again for your interest in our paper. Included with this letter is a 10% off coupon to TGI Friday's as a token of our grattitude.

Sincerely,
The Charlotte Disturber Editorial Staff
 
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Captzaahlie said:
Lets see what the CLT Observers editor has to say for himself after I send this to him.........
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He'd probably send it back to his copy editor to fix all the grammatical errors. :D :D :D


This means it has jet engines that drive a gear box which spin propellers (much to the "ignorant" general publics dismay of seeing props on airline equipment) courtesy of "you" the media.
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The media makes the gear box spin the propellers?


To the best of my knowledge no one has been seriously hurt in any incident with this particular aircraft at this company.
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http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X12029&key=1

Piedmont's safety record is still outstanding, but I'd be careful making such a claim when the NTSB records don't back it up. You know how reporters are...

Why do you call your paper "The Observer" when your reporters are just not paying attention?
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:laugh: Nice....
 
CA1900 said:
He'd probably send it back to his copy editor to fix all the grammatical errors. :D :D :D




The media makes the gear box spin the propellers?




http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X12029&key=1

Piedmont's safety record is still outstanding, but I'd be careful making such a claim when the NTSB records don't back it up. You know how reporters are...



:laugh: Nice....
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Thanks for the laughs guys....

Yeah, I wrote that after slamming a few back with my crew last night. Hell I told them I'd just have one brew with them and they insisted I drink the fourth one they bought for me...... it would be rude not accepting a going away present!
:beer:

Guess I'll never be a "Jimmy Olson" with my convoluted, run on sentences! Can you imagine Spider man drunk trying to take pictures swinging from web to web?
:eek:
(now there would be a funny skit!)

Glad i got that editor "shakin" in his boots though.....
:nuts:
 
LowlyPropCapt said:
Boy, the Charlotte Disturber gives fast responses:

Dear Captain Zaahlie:

Thank you for your correction to our article about the terrifying incident on board of the US Airways aircraft in Charlotte. Please be assured that your timely correction will appear in next week's Sunday edition, or maybe the Sunday after... We don't really know; Our ombudsman who normally handles such things went looking for something called "LBFMs" in Thailand about 4 weeks ago and hasn't been seen since. If you know anything about that, please let us know.

We especially appreciate the time you took to carefully explain the functioning of the engines on the Dash 8 aircraft. While we actually understood none of it (turbine? gear box?) I am sure that our research staff will qoute from it liberally in our next "Terror in the Skies" segement. We really don't understand the whole propeller efficiency thing... Look, the only propeller we are familiar with is the one on the beanie on the mail room boy's head. We sure do love to spin that sucker.

Thank you once again for your interest in our paper. Included with this letter is a 10% off coupon to TGI Friday's as a token of our grattitude.

Sincerely,
The Charlotte Disturber Editorial Staff
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Greetings Capt F,

Thanks for sharing their immediate response with me!

I think the next story might be "Terror in the Cole Slaw........."
:puke:

Now there would be an interesting "tell me about a time story"!

:laugh:
 
Captzaahlie said:
Greetings Capt F,

Thanks for sharing their immediate response with me!

I think the next story might be "Terror in the Cole Slaw........."
:puke:

Now there would be an interesting "tell me about a time story"!

:laugh:
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Wow... I can't believe you remember that. Do not eat the slaw in Nantucket. Pain and humiliation begin there!
 
LowlyPropCapt said:
Wow... I can't believe you remember that. Do not eat the slaw in Nantucket. Pain and humiliation begin there!
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Remember it?

How could I not remember telling the pax after engine shut down (for the second time) and you running into the terminal (for the second time~ but hey who's counting) that we couldn't leave the gate on time because you had a case of the sh!ts! That was one of the hardest things I had to do with a straight face as a Capt here!!!!:laugh:
That hot FA and I couldnt stop laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!


was it tucket or the vineyard?
 
LMAO... Yeah that was "awesome." I doubt the bathroom in HPN has been usable since. Utter destruction. Hey at least I made it inside!

It was one of those damn islands. I thought it was 'tucket but pain tends to dull the memory.

It just kept flowing... When does it end! Oh the humanity!

Made a great impression of T.A. lol.
 
I heard that story from her.:D
 
Captzaahlie said:
............I will go on record for stating that the aircraft that Piedmont operates has an outstanding safety record. .................................... To the best of my knowledge no one has been seriously hurt in any incident with this particular aircraft at this company. ..........
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Well, a ramper did get killed in DCA by a Piedmont Dash 8.
 
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Well, a ramper did get killed in DCA by a Piedmont Dash 8.
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Ah yes I forgot about that tragedy, but if I remember correctly he walked and/or fell into the prop running to get chocks out of the way....... very sad. It's a little bit of a stretch on the airplane crash theme I was working. I commend you on thinking outside the box on that one though.
 
Can we please get back to the $hit stories?!?!
 

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