Article on Delta's One yr CAs

[ShyFlyer]

They come with quirks such as glare-prone skylight panels called “eyebrow windows” that were common when pilots sometimes navigated by the stars.

Isn't it wonderful when a journalista with this stuff?

Anyway, as far as I understood, those windows where carried over from the DC-8 and were meant to be used for looking for traffic. DC-8s I'm sure had provisions for celestial navigation but would be further back in the cockpit.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

The -9s we had, and we had a lot, never had anything like FMS. Two VORs, two DMEs, and an ADF. We didn't even have DME hold. Slant alpha all the way....

Wait, if you don't have the magenta line and a moving map, how do you know where you're going?

 

[BobDDuck]

The -9s we had, and we had a lot, never had anything like FMS. Two VORs, two DMEs, and an ADF. We didn't even have DME hold. Slant alpha all the way....

You're right. I was looking at a picture of the MD88s we had for a very short period of time.

 

[AAPalmTree]

"Northwest 641, I'm showing you off course."

"We're a DC9."

"Roger."

 

[deadstick]

The -9s we had, and we had a lot, never had anything like FMS. Two VORs, two DMEs, and an ADF. We didn't even have DME hold. Slant alpha all the way....

/A

and "push the head, pull the tail."

 

[Screaming_Emu]

"Northwest 641, I'm showing you off course."

"We're a DC9."

"Roger."

I had a flight in the CRJ where the FMS was deferred so we were flying around "green needles".

"Hey Acey, say heading..."

All...damn...day.

 

[mshunter]

So what happens when the CS comes on line and the MD series gets parked? Displacements?

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

I had a flight in the CRJ where the FMS was deferred so we were flying around "green needles".

"Hey Acey, say heading..."

All...damn...day.

Only 1?? Seemed like it was once a month at Pinnacle we'd have one with the FFMMMMMSSS deferred.

"Flagship x, cleared direct xxx"

"We're DC-9 nav today, so that means we're heading equipped."

 

[poser765]

I had a flight in the CRJ where the FMS was deferred so we were flying around "green needles".

"Hey Acey, say heading..."

All...damn...day.

I've done that a few times in the 175. Good times.

 

[Adler]

@TallWeeds and I used check in "...request radar vectors to Laredo, looks like a 185 heading". Three hours later we'd finally pick it up.

 

[DE727UPS]

I used to fly slant A 727's. However we were radar vector equipped...

 

[Cptnchia]

Didn't a lot of the Delta maddogs get fancy new screen and avionics upgrades?

 

[tcco94]

Didn't a lot of the Delta maddogs get fancy new screen and avionics upgrades?

I think you're thinking of the MD-90. I flew on one with a decent cockpit. MD-88 seemed like the old one. Maybe a DL pilot can correct me on this one.

 

[Cptnchia]

I think you're thinking of the MD-90. I flew on one with a decent cockpit. MD-88 seemed like the old one. Maybe a DL pilot can correct me on this one.

See my post above. 88 or 90. Same same.

 

[jtrain609]

I think you're thinking of the MD-90. I flew on one with a decent cockpit. MD-88 seemed like the old one. Maybe a DL pilot can correct me on this one.

You're thinking of the 717, which is an MD-95.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

88 and 90 cockpit upgrades??

 

[milleR]

I'll never forget my first jumpseat ride on a Delta 88. Long story short, the captain turns around about 20 minutes into the flight, sees the look on my face, looks down and says "oh sh|t....here" and flips out the pedals. Sweet, sweet blood flow back to my feet.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

You're thinking of the 717, which is an MD-95.

Yeah, the "shared common cockpit" or whatever MD called it. It actually has a lot of commonalities with the MD11 in terms of presentation.

 

[Skåning]

Nerd alert:

Saudi had MD-90s that were glass cockpit

 

[Adler]

I'll never forget my first jumpseat ride on a Delta 88. Long story short, the captain turns around about 20 minutes into the flight, sees the look on my face, looks down and says "oh sh|t....here" and flips out the pedals. Sweet, sweet blood flow back to my feet.

That is how I feel every minute of every day.