"Later, 'Bro!" (1986-2015)

Hacker15e said:
Major punctuation fail in the title. The apostrophe goes on the side of the word where the omitted letters are.

E.g., Bro', not 'Bro.

For shame.
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In his defense, there's absolutely 0 O's in Embraer Brasilia. So he, technically, is correct. Went from Embraer to Embro to 'Bro. There may have been an "Embra" in there...but that's too feminine for a man's plane. Yes, women have flown it. They were just, well, butch. ;)
 
Since I'm lazy, I'll just copy and paste from facebook:

Tonight, I will have the distinct privilege and honor of piloting the very last scheduled/revenue Brasilia flight for SkyWest Airlines from Santa Maria, CA to Los Angeles, CA. While the aircraft itself is a blast to fly, it has been the wonderful crews and people that fly it that have made my short portion of its 29 year history worth remembering. Thank you to everyone who has made this plane so much fun!

I don't think I got to fly it with any of the SKW guys here on (I only know who about two of you are for sure), but I know a lot of you have had the pleasure (face it, it's fun!) of flying the Bra. I don't think I really deserve the honor of taking it out to pasture, but, well, nobody else bid for it.

If anyone is going to be around LAX tonight, it's flight 5165 SMX-LAX. We're slated to come in to gate 84 at 2127 local. And then there will be cake.

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PropSettin' said:
I was jumpseat on a 200 yesterday LAX - SAN and that crew looked dog ass tired, leg 4 of 6, hard to replace the bro.

Brazil > Canada
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Why are they tired? :confused:

Let me see here...they have an APU, an autopilot, catering, a F/A to serve them the catering, and a bathroom.

On the Beech 1900, we had none of the above AND we did 7 legs a day.

So why are they tired?

Autothrust Blue said:
Dog-ass tired is how you're going to be anyway. At least the Canadair is quieter, I guess.
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See above

B767 said:
The LOC on 10 absolutely sucks. That thing has to be hand flown.
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Try an NDB approach on leg 6 into a runway covered with snow, ice, gusting crosswind, and you have had none of the above all day flying in an Nor'Easter.
 
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Seggy said:
Try an ADF approach on leg 6 into a runway covered with snow, ice, gusting crosswind, and you have had none of the above all day flying in an Nor'Easter.
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Fortunately for me, all the "different" airliners I've flown, none of them have been approved for NDB approaches. Thus, the ADF served only so I could listen to the World Series, Super Bowl, etc and not have to bug ATC for score updates. :)
 
Rode on it several times as a passenger (ASA). Always wished I could have flown it. The SAAB was fun, but slow.
 
Seggy said:
Try an NDB approach on leg 6 into a runway covered with snow, ice, gusting crosswind, and you have had none of the above all day flying in an Nor'Easter.
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Oh boo hoo. We still do that up here. Obviously we cant do 6 legs legally in the Aleutians. But we still do NDB approaches.
 
I'm actually a little bummed I didn't get to fly it. During new hire training in SLC, on the day they took us out to the hangar to do a CRJ walkaround, I gravitated right to the one Bro that was parked outside. It was funny seeing a lot of the new hires get so excited at the sight of a jet, meanwhile our instructor had to come back and get me away from the Bro. "Hey man, you're flying the RJ, not that thing! C'mon over here". Something about turboprops just does it for me, plus that thing looks great in the all metal livery!
 
B767 said:
In his defense, there's absolutely 0 O's in Embraer Brasilia. So he, technically, is correct. Went from Embraer to Embro to 'Bro. There may have been an "Embra" in there...but that's too feminine for a man's plane. Yes, women have flown it. They were just, well, butch. ;)
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Eh, I don't know if I'd go that far.
 
Mark815 said:
I'm actually a little bummed I didn't get to fly it. During new hire training in SLC, on the day they took us out to the hangar to do a CRJ walkaround, I gravitated right to the one Bro that was parked outside. It was funny seeing a lot of the new hires get so excited at the sight of a jet, meanwhile our instructor had to come back and get me away from the Bro. "Hey man, you're flying the RJ, not that thing! C'mon over here". Something about turboprops just does it for me, plus that thing looks great in the all metal livery!
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"The purpose of the bypass duct is to ensure that FOD - like birds, ice, and Canadair parts - do not enter the engine compressor section."
 
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