Which is true with 98% of pilots at airlines
I'm glass the transition was a joke for you. Some how, though, even though flying glass jets is a joke, there must be scores of incompetent people (even some who flew spifr 135!) since there are so many ASAP reports, FOQA events and letters of investigation.
I never said flying then jet was a joke, the transition was a joke.
Everyone makes mistakes. Many can be tied to the over-reliance on the FMS. Some are just plain stupid mistakes. It happens. That is why we have these programs to find the mistakes and try mitigate them.
Just some food for thought. While some tasks seem easier to you, there might be more unknown than known at this point. Was there any other time in your flying career similar to this? Where previous experience translated, but there were new skills and nuances to learn?
I'm always trying to learn. Every plane has it's differences. I have learned something new for every plane I have flown that I can apply elsewhere.
Every plane has its own character and yes you have to constantly be watching for the unknown. Learned that lesson from the metro. I scared myself a few times in that thing.
Here is the deal. We are talking about the requirement for FMS and glass in this thread. That requirement is the joke. The goal of the FMS is to increase safety and to make flying easier. As a result people rely on the automation too much in many cases and it ends up causing more problems at times.
Just flew with a check airman that told me not to do the math for descents in my head. Just use the VPI. I told him the FMS sometimes jacks up regardless of input so I back it up with math. Sure enough we get a split VPI and he can't figure out why my VPI shows us way high and his shows us way low. That is a huge problem on a CANPA style approach if you can not do it without the help of the FMS.
Every plane I have flown has given me something new to learn. Navajo flew just like the PA-23s I had been flying but AMF used more of an airline approach to training. Also learned how to properly use a truly high performance piston.
The BE99 felt almost exactly like the BE-76 I flew around while flight instructing. It was my first turbine equipment. Wasn't much faster than the Navajo. Mountain experience.
The Metro was its own beast with tons of stupid quirks. First time having to deal with V1 cuts. First time having to deal with a plane that truly sucks in ice. First time in the flight levels. I learned what fatigue really does to the body in this plane. First time I had to deal with speed limits.
The EMB-145 brings its swept wings into the picture, 2 extra crew members, and a change in the cargo being carried.
