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

mrivc211 said:
My top 5 Bro layovers were:

1. SNA :) (home)
2. CLD (close to home)
3. SAN (no words needed)
4. SBA (state street shenanigans)
5. MRY
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Never got to do SNA but I'd add SBP to that list. Beach side resort, coupons for the bar and for breakfast. It was a mini vacation every time!

mrivc211 said:
uhhhh. The bro smoked Eagle 340's on the west coast. The 340 doesn't even have an APU. How can it be better?
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I'm paid by the minute, I'll take the more comfortable Saab over the contortions required for the Bro any day. Not to mention a prop system that didn't fail deadly, the ability to haul ice without losing control, poor man's auto throttles and an autopilot that didn't have to do clearing turns every time it wanted to intercept a course, or do some odd oscillation down the glide slope. I wouldn't exactly chalk the APU on the Brophus in the win column either, in the summer it didn't exactly wow anybody with its ability to cool the cabin unless you had stellar packs....which were not the norm. At least on the Saab any station worth its salt knew to have ground air ready to go. That beat any APU I've had so far! Unfortunately that wasn't the norm either. Besides, nothing beats the Saab growl when it taxis around :)

That said I'm still grateful for my time on the Bro. Mostly for the friends I made and the experiences it led to but it could be a blast to fly and certainly made me a better pilot. The flying the SkyWest Bro fleet did was difficult to beat anywhere, and was certainly some of the best I've had the opportunity to work so far. Flying up and down the California coast and through the Pacific NW was gorgeous and the overnights in places like SAN, CLD, SBA, SBP and CEC with tight knit Bro crews were some of the most fun I've had at the airlines.
 
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Always really wanted to fly it, the Bro is really what got me interested in working at Skywest after High School. Too bad I never got a chance to, but I flew as a pax on it many, many times. Good memories getting off work, hopping on a bro to Chico for a night of partying, then dry heaving in the exit row reeking of booze the next morning and taking a nap before the shift. It was quite the routine.

I got to be on the last revenue roundtrip from SFO on Cinco De Mayo, SFO-BFL-SFO. To my surprise, I was the only non-rev. When UA retired the 737(before merging with CO and picking up a few hundred more), there was a giant standby list of enthusiasts. None the less, it was a very cool crew who remembered me from my Skywest days(except the F/O who hadn't been around long) and it was pretty emotional for the FAT based F/A who had spent the majority of her 14 years at Skywest on the Bro. I'll miss the gangsta leaned seats, the 90 feet of legroom from my favorite seat 9C, and the vibrations that would lull me to sleep. Looked like some really fun flying in that thing. CEC in particular looked awesome. Here's a crappy compressed FB image I took from the last revenue leg into SFO, and one with the "For Sale" sign the CA put up on arrival.
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I'll miss that thing. I have absolutely zero desire to fly the CRJ, find nothing cool about it at all other than the fact it's a jet and it goes fast I guess. The 175 looks pretty cool, but both just look like "work" airplanes to me where as the Bro looked like it would be a lot more fun and adventurous, even if exhausting. Aidios amigo.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Always really wanted to fly it, the Bro is really what got me interested in working at Skywest after High School. Too bad I never got a chance to, but I flew as a pax on it many, many times. Good memories getting off work, hopping on a bro to Chico for a night of partying, then dry heaving in the exit row reeking of booze the next morning and taking a nap before the shift. It was quite the routine.

I got to be on the last revenue roundtrip from SFO on Cinco De Mayo, SFO-BFL-SFO. To my surprise, I was the only non-rev. When UA retired the 737(before merging with CO and picking up a few hundred more), there was a giant standby list of enthusiasts. None the less, it was a very cool crew who remembered me from my Skywest days(except the F/O who hadn't been around long) and it was pretty emotional for the FAT based F/A who had spent the majority of her 14 years at Skywest on the Bro. I'll miss the gangsta leaned seats, the 90 feet of legroom from my favorite seat 9C, and the vibrations that would lull me to sleep. Looked like some really fun flying in that thing. CEC in particular looked awesome. Here's a crappy compressed FB image I took from the last revenue leg into SFO, and one with the "For Sale" sign the CA put up on arrival.
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I'll miss that thing. I have absolutely zero desire to fly the CRJ, find nothing cool about it at all other than the fact it's a jet and it goes fast I guess. The 175 looks pretty cool, but both just look like "work" airplanes to me where as the Bro looked like it would be a lot more fun and adventurous, even if exhausting. Aidios amigo.
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AMF still fluis them. The Brasilia FO position is a great way to build time before heading off to a regional or wherever your career may lead you! ;)
 
Always thought it was a pretty cool plane, I was actually a little bummed when they told my new hire class none of us were to be trained on it...oh well not the end of the world. The E-175 is much cooler anyway.
 
etflies said:
Never got to do SNA but I'd add SBP to that list. Beach side resort, coupons for the bar and for breakfast. It was a mini vacation every time!



I'm paid by the minute, I'll take the more comfortable Saab over the contortions required for the Bro any day. Not to mention a prop system that didn't fail deadly, the ability to haul ice without losing control, poor man's auto throttles and an autopilot that didn't have to do clearing turns every time it wanted to intercept a course, or do some odd oscillation down the glide slope. I wouldn't exactly chalk the APU on the Brophus in the win column either, in the summer it didn't exactly wow anybody with its ability to cool the cabin unless you had stellar packs....which were not the norm. At least on the Saab any station worth its salt knew to have ground air ready to go. That beat any APU I've had so far! Unfortunately that wasn't the norm either. Besides, nothing beats the Saab growl when it taxis around :)

That said I'm still grateful for my time on the Bro. Mostly for the friends I made and the experiences it led to but it could be a blast to fly and certainly made me a better pilot. The flying the SkyWest Bro fleet did was difficult to beat anywhere, and was certainly some of the best I've had the opportunity to work so far. Flying up and down the California coast and through the Pacific NW was gorgeous and the overnights in places like SAN, CLD, SBA, SBP and CEC with tight knit Bro crews were some of the most fun I've had at the airlines.
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SBP wasn't too bad. It got ruined for me when my male FA got up from the table, walked over to the breakfast buffet, filled a togo box full of eggs, bacon, and potatos at 9am and said, 3pm lunch. Ughh
 
mrivc211 said:
SBP wasn't too bad. It got ruined for me when my male FA got up from the table, walked over to the breakfast buffet, filled a togo box full of eggs, bacon, and potatos at 9am and said, 3pm lunch. Ughh
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C'mon. It's not SBP guys. It's SLO, or however the hipsters spell it.
 
GypsyPilot said:
It was the only plane I could sleep on when jumpseating/deadheading!
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Something about 85% Np that's very comforting.

ChasenSFO said:
Always really wanted to fly it, the Bro is really what got me interested in working at Skywest after High School. Too bad I never got a chance to, but I flew as a pax on it many, many times. Good memories getting off work, hopping on a bro to Chico for a night of partying, then dry heaving in the exit row reeking of booze the next morning and taking a nap before the shift. It was quite the routine.

I got to be on the last revenue roundtrip from SFO on Cinco De Mayo, SFO-BFL-SFO. To my surprise, I was the only non-rev. When UA retired the 737(before merging with CO and picking up a few hundred more), there was a giant standby list of enthusiasts. None the less, it was a very cool crew who remembered me from my Skywest days(except the F/O who hadn't been around long) and it was pretty emotional for the FAT based F/A who had spent the majority of her 14 years at Skywest on the Bro. I'll miss the gangsta leaned seats, the 90 feet of legroom from my favorite seat 9C, and the vibrations that would lull me to sleep. Looked like some really fun flying in that thing. CEC in particular looked awesome. Here's a crappy compressed FB image I took from the last revenue leg into SFO, and one with the "For Sale" sign the CA put up on arrival.
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I'll miss that thing. I have absolutely zero desire to fly the CRJ, find nothing cool about it at all other than the fact it's a jet and it goes fast I guess. The 175 looks pretty cool, but both just look like "work" airplanes to me where as the Bro looked like it would be a lot more fun and adventurous, even if exhausting. Aidios amigo.
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It was a real privilege to get to fly it.

Of course, now CRJ is new Brasilia...
 
etflies said:
I'm paid by the minute, I'll take the more comfortable Saab over the contortions required for the Bro any day. Not to mention a prop system that didn't fail deadly, the ability to haul ice without losing control, poor man's auto throttles and an autopilot that didn't have to do clearing turns every time it wanted to intercept a course, or do some odd oscillation down the glide slope. I wouldn't exactly chalk the APU on the Brophus in the win column either, in the summer it didn't exactly wow anybody with its ability to cool the cabin unless you had stellar packs....which were not the norm. At least on the Saab any station worth its salt knew to have ground air ready to go. That beat any APU I've had so far! Unfortunately that wasn't the norm either. Besides, nothing beats the Saab growl when it taxis around :)
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I'm sort of looking forward to the short stuff we're going to do on the new ride...like LAX-SAN...as an opportunity to actually hand-fly a whole leg, PM's workload permitting.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Always really wanted to fly it, the Bro is really what got me interested in working at Skywest after High School. Too bad I never got a chance to, but I flew as a pax on it many, many times. Good memories getting off work, hopping on a bro to Chico for a night of partying, then dry heaving in the exit row reeking of booze the next morning and taking a nap before the shift. It was quite the routine.

I got to be on the last revenue roundtrip from SFO on Cinco De Mayo, SFO-BFL-SFO. To my surprise, I was the only non-rev. When UA retired the 737(before merging with CO and picking up a few hundred more), there was a giant standby list of enthusiasts. None the less, it was a very cool crew who remembered me from my Skywest days(except the F/O who hadn't been around long) and it was pretty emotional for the FAT based F/A who had spent the majority of her 14 years at Skywest on the Bro. I'll miss the gangsta leaned seats, the 90 feet of legroom from my favorite seat 9C, and the vibrations that would lull me to sleep. Looked like some really fun flying in that thing. CEC in particular looked awesome. Here's a crappy compressed FB image I took from the last revenue leg into SFO, and one with the "For Sale" sign the CA put up on arrival.
11169421_10153890092599062_5395947165653964297_o.jpg

11206085_10153889061574062_1688418577280699302_n.jpg


I'll miss that thing. I have absolutely zero desire to fly the CRJ, find nothing cool about it at all other than the fact it's a jet and it goes fast I guess. The 175 looks pretty cool, but both just look like "work" airplanes to me where as the Bro looked like it would be a lot more fun and adventurous, even if exhausting. Aidios amigo.
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My best bro memory was my first or second month online as a new FO. While taxing out of PSP in the back on a DH, I'm sitting on the left side and looking to that right
 
I bet between all of us we've got some pretty cool bro stories. Does anyone remember the flea bag motel we stayed at in IPL? I remember crew members used to fight over the room that got free porn. I was like wtf did I get myself into. I shoulda gone to dental school. The next morning, black friday(day after turkey day) I wake up and head down to the lobby at 4:30am only to see a cockroach lying dead on its back. I didn't know who to feel sorry for more, me or the cockroach.
 
I flew the bro from 2012-2014. It was an absolute blast flying up and down the coast all day long. The flying, overnights and crews were all amazing (in the SoCal system...) I'm gonna miss that plane.

mrivc211 said:
I bet between all of us we've got some pretty cool bro stories. Does anyone remember the flea bag motel we stayed at in IPL? I remember crew members used to fight over the room that got free porn. I was like wtf did I get myself into. I shoulda gone to dental school. The next morning, black friday(day after turkey day) I wake up and head down to the lobby at 4:30am only to see a cockroach lying dead on its back. I didn't know who to feel sorry for more, me or the cockroach.
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Ah IPL. Gotta love the amigo room! I went there on IOE for the first time and I thought the capt was joking about the roaches. Walk in my room and sure enough a giant roach just chillin right by the bathroom door.
 
Seggy said:
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?



See above



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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Awww, this all sounds so adorable! :)

Fret not about the Brasilia. It will live on in freight in bare aluminum livery.:cool:
 
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