Boeing 717-Airtran

[PeanuckleCRJ]

On the 75/76 you pretty much plant the throttles in one place and let it ride. Speed brakes are used a whole lot more though.

Yeah...and that one place is idle! "Come on baby..slow down..slow down..."

It is pretty stable on final once you get the thing on speed... 1.05 EPR on the 757 and around 5000 lbs/hr per side on the 767..just tweak it a bit unless its really gusty.

 

[coa787]

That is a bad attitude to have in the aviation world...

Maybe I should have used the tag? I never meant it in a bad way.

 

[grnclvrs]

We hired some analyst guy from Boeing that is tweaking our procedures. He wanted us to switch to flaps 28 from flaps 40 landings and leave the A/T engaged for landing. The flaps 28 are not bad, just harder to slow to final approach speed. With the A/T engaged, they retard to idle at 50 ft and the landing feels like :banghead:. The airplane does not like to get slow, even in the flare. 2-3 kts makes the difference between a greaser and piling it in.