I stand corrected, what's it like to fly the ERJ-140/145?

I've landed several hundred, if not thousand by now times with a bit of cross wind correction. Never had an issue.

The problem arises when you are lazy, and have your feet on the floor, instead of shadowing with your feet on the rudder pedals.
 
Regardless of what you're flying, thanks for the years of dedicated service bunk22. Welcome to the Veterans club. Good luck in your future endeavors, and if we ever get a chance to meet, first round is on me.
 
Chief Captain said:
I think the 145 is a POS.

1. bicycle yoke
2. EVERYTHING generates a master caution
3. poor performance
4. very noisy- you'll need ANR headsets
5. crappy autopilot

the automatic anti-ice is good though...
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You've never flown a Grumman product in the fleet I take it :)

1. No bicycle yoke, good thing I guess
2. Might as well have the Master Caution stay illuminated
3. Poor performance with poor performance around the aircraft carrier
4. Noisy even with helmet and ear protection
5. NO AFCS
 
Crism said:
Welcome to the party. Make sure you count how many of your classmates drop like flies. There are all kinds of stories out there of 25 people starting class, 15 showing up, 8 finishing. Chautauqua's the bastard child at Republic. They lean towards knowing how to build the airplane instead of flying it. Not so much I hear lately, but it's still fairly prevalent compared to the 170.

Any questions, shoot me a PM. I'm based down in CMH. And Falcon's right, those poor ORD guys get beat...
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Rumor is rumor, I went through Navy flight training, nothing is going to be harder (maybe USAF training), that doesn't worry me at all.
 
Bumblebee said:
the ram head yoke is awesome...no problem in x-winds as far as I'm concerned...don't even know why that could be...
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I'm 6'5, and most of it is in my legs. So when I'm not careful, I get one or both kneecaps "adjusted". But once you remember to keep your knees close to the column, it's okay.

Oh, please hold the yoke when the gust lock is disengaged. You'll only forget once or twice.

inigo88 said:
You are absolutely right, and I humbly apologize to all past and presently surviving aircraft in the Concorde fleet for this grave indiscretion. :D
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Yeah, insulting the French is okay, but not Concorde.
Someone was saying in another forum that crosswind corrections can get tiring when applying roll input one-handed towards your throttle hand (i.e. rolling right from the left seat). It doesn't seem like it would be that bad but then again I've never flown one. Might depend on the height and proportions of the pilot as well. Seems like the Concorde rams-horn yoke was curved while the yokes on the Hawkers and Embraers are straight, so I don't know if that makes it worse.
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Meh. You shouldn't spend that much time doing that anyway. Get down in the flare, kick out, and land. Floating is for suckers.

Air-ground sensing on the Brasilia (and to a lesser extent on the -145) works better when you touch down affirmatively too, otherwise you might have initial trouble getting the power thrust levers over the idle stops and into reverse.

bunk22 said:
Rumor is rumor, I went through Navy flight training, nothing is going to be harder (maybe USAF training), that doesn't worry me at all.
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Don't march in exuding that attitude. Confidence is good. Arrogance isn't.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I'm 6'5, and most of it is in my legs. So when I'm not careful, I get one or both kneecaps "adjusted". But once you remember to keep your knees close to the column, it's okay.

Oh, please hold the yoke when the gust lock is disengaged. You'll only forget once or twice.
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6'3' and large...had to squeeze into the seat and yes thanks for the reminder about the gust lock....man did that smart! Ever taxi with the gust lock? I remember captains that did, but I would hold it or have the FO hold it for me when taxiing and I needed one hand on the PL's and the left on the tiller.

I landed hundreds of times, probably closer to a thousand and never had an issue with the ram head in a crosswind. Never even thought about it before this thread.
 
Bumblebee said:
6'3' and large...had to squeeze into the seat and yes thanks for the reminder about the gust lock....man did that smart! Ever taxi with the gust lock? I remember captains that did, but I would hold it or have the FO hold it for me when taxiing and I needed one hand on the PL's and the left on the tiller.

I landed hundreds of times, probably closer to a thousand and never had an issue with the ram head in a crosswind. Never even thought about it before this thread.
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Some of our guys like to churn butter. *shrug*

And there are times, yes. The Taxi Check is not complete until it's off, though, so you're not really saving anything. Just hang onto it. ("FLT CONTROLS - CHECKED L/R")
 
"Don't march in exuding that attitude. Confidence is good. Arrogance isn't."

I was thinking the same thing. You have to bend to their way of doing things or you'll be out the door quick. Don't even think about saying "That's dumb, in the Navy we used too...." With Bunk's background, he'll already have some who will be looking too make things difficult for him at the regional level. Bunk, just BECAUSE of your background, you may already have a strike against you in many ways. You need to be humble and open minded. Smile a lot and thank the instructor for his insight even if it's the dumbest thing you ever heard. Cooperate and graduate.
 
DE727UPS said:
"Don't march in exuding that attitude. Confidence is good. Arrogance isn't."

I was thinking the same thing. You have to bend to their way of doing things or you'll be out the door quick. Don't even think about saying "That's dumb, in the Navy we used too...." With Bunk's background, he'll already have some who will be looking too make things difficult for him at the regional level. Bunk, just BECAUSE of your background, you may already have a strike against you in many ways. You need to be humble and open minded. Smile a lot and thank the instructor for his insight even if it's the dumbest thing you ever heard. Cooperate and graduate.
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Lesson I learned after changing airlines:

Nobody gives a flying...how you did things at Eagle/in the Navy/at Purdue/whatever.
 
What's the size of the attitude indicator vs CRJ200? The CRJ200's was very small compared to what I was expecting after looking at photographs. I think the G1000 is ridiculously large and wind up using the standby in a lot of turbulence so bigger is not necessarily better, just wondering how the 145's compares.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Don't march in exuding that attitude. Confidence is good. Arrogance isn't.
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Who said I'm arrogant? Thanks for the advice but this isn't my first time to a dance. If I were arrogant, I would have said I could never fail, no civilian program is going to challenge me. To say I'm not worried, isn't arrogance, it's confidence from experience. We have had a few regional pilots come through the jet program here, Skyest, XJT, 135 flyer, all have the same thing to say, it doesn't even compare. They know what tough is once the've gone through, especially Phase II. Can I fail? Yes, through lack of effort, atttitude, lack of perserverance, etc. But again, not worried and it's not arrogance.
 
RumpleTumbler said:
What's the size of the attitude indicator vs CRJ200? The CRJ200's was very small compared to what I was expecting after looking at photographs. I think the G1000 is ridiculously large and wind up using the standby in a lot of turbulence so bigger is not necessarily better, just wondering how the 145's compares.
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ERJ had a slightly larger attitude indicator. Feels " right."
 
DE727UPS said:
"Don't march in exuding that attitude. Confidence is good. Arrogance isn't."

I was thinking the same thing. You have to bend to their way of doing things or you'll be out the door quick. Don't even think about saying "That's dumb, in the Navy we used too...." With Bunk's background, he'll already have some who will be looking too make things difficult for him at the regional level. Bunk, just BECAUSE of your background, you may already have a strike against you in many ways. You need to be humble and open minded. Smile a lot and thank the instructor for his insight even if it's the dumbest thing you ever heard. Cooperate and graduate.
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I know it's the net but to think I don't know how to handle myself is arrogance in itself. Typical oh he's a formy Navy pilot, he thinks his shiite doesn't stink is ignorant as well. I know how to handle myself thank you.
 
bunk22 said:
Who said I'm arrogant? Thanks for the advice but this isn't my first time to a dance. If I were arrogant, I would have said I could never fail, no civilian program is going to challenge me. To say I'm not worried, isn't arrogance, it's confidence from experience. We have had a few regional pilots come through the jet program here, Skyest, XJT, 135 flyer, all have the same thing to say, it doesn't even compare. They know what tough is once the've gone through, especially Phase II. Can I fail? Yes, through lack of effort, atttitude, lack of perserverance, etc. But again, not worried and it's not arrogance.
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Relax, just making sure.
 
I got hired and believe me, would not have if I walked in there like my stuff didn't stink. I missed some tech questions, was not 100% but very humble. When I came back to flying in Kingsville 2.5 years ago, I had not flown jets in 14 years, out of the cockpit for 1.5 years and I had to go through the IUT. Phase I training for students is 90 or so hours, we have to do in 30. I was awful, first time I thought I would flunk something, I was hanging on the slats every flight it seemed. You haven't flown cruise or division form in years? Too bad, do it...you suck? Well suck less. That was hard, humbling and I was awful. Unless I did Phase II training, I've been doing some BFM as of late, nothing is going to be that tough again. I hear the Hornet FRS is much tougher too, I can't imagine.

With that said, is every military pilot good? HELL NO!!! Some are awful and some are only good at certain things, like BFM. I'm an average pilot at best but like above, for any pilot, it's about perserverance, effort, blah, blah, blah....
 
I just saw this thread. Congrats to you and welcome to the circus! Looks like others have beaten me to offering you some study guides, but I'll still be happy to send them your way if you'd like.

If you happen to get based in CLE, look me up. I'm the short, sometimes-blonde chick captain with the sailor's mouth.

Good luck and please keep us posted on your progress. If you have any questions about anything at all, please PM me!
 
I've met bunk22 in person and he definatley isn't arrogant. He was fun to hang out with and I would have no problem doing a month of flying with.
 
Bandit_Driver said:
I've met bunk22 in person and he definatley isn't arrogant. He was fun to hang out with and I would have no problem doing a month of flying with.
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I reiterate: Just making sure. I'm pretty sure he's got both the chops, skills and the attitudes required, but I wanted to make sure, ya know?
 
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