Recent content by dragonbravo

I never noticed any problems with the gear configuration. Heck, in training we watched video of Dornier doing takeoffs and landings from grass. I've heard a lot of complaints about landing in crosswinds but, again, I thought it did great in a crosswind. It is fickle on the maintainance. As...

Actually we didn't agree to slotted bidding. The pilot group was never even asked. The reason the MEC signed off on it was because they were told that if they didn't the 200s would be sent to PDT and the pilots (minus the J4Js) would go to the street. So it wasn't so much out of greed of the...

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Robbed, The new FAA weights after the CLT accident has really hurt the Dornier, which is why we are always up against the numbers on weight. Basically turned the airplane from 32 seats to 29. Which is another reason for not taking the tanker fuel. There is also only 1600# difference between...

Has anyone every used the PRM approach. The only time I've seen it was during severe clear, and even then we didn't actually use it. We were given the visual. I thought it was supposed to speed things up when the weather sucked?

Many of our own passengers drive to CAK simply to fly back to PIT because it cheaper than flying out of PIT. I know this sounds silly, and why it would be cheaper to add a leg is beyond me. But I got this from the passengers themselves. Speaking of CAK, Air Tran is starting service to Boston...

CLT douglas, where did you get your avitar. I think it looks cool. It would be nice to incorporate it into a snazzier paint scheme for the fleet.

Every other airline has pretty, bright colors that attract the eye. People are drawn to "bright, shiny objects" Yet we paint our airplanes effectively black. Might as well change the name to "GO AWAY." The closest competitor is United, but even they have pretty pinstripes on the tail. And...

I took a pic of it Tues. Personally, I like it better than the all blue.

Did I miss something in the article? I fail to see how the CRJ orders are in "limbo". Yes it simply rehashes what is common knowlege with problems at U, but it doesn't really give anything except implications towards the RJ order. Yes a majority of the orders have yet to be delivered. It...

Saw a quick blurb in USA Today that Aloha (yes ALOHA) was wanting one of the slots. They must be looking at getting bigger equipment too.

tadjr, Is that the year 2094 in dog years though?

From what I hear around the hangar is that the Dorks are all spoken for. So they've already found people to pick them up. Rumor is that whoever is getting them, want them faster than they are being retired. I'm not to sure about this, because acording to our VP we have a 3 week window on when...