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BobDDuck · March 23rd, 2008, 11:16

Thanks Mike.

The runway in Charlotte was lowered to excessive ground contact. I hadn't flown a 700 in a LONG time and my sight picture was a bit off.

In XNA we stay no where near the Clarion. It's hit or miss if the van will take us anywhere. I haven't had an overnight there in a long time though. However, seeing as I'm back to the bottom, I'm sure I'll be getting all the garbage overnights now.

CM, as other's have pointed out, severe turb is probably going to ground the plane for an MX check. You'll start to figure out what to call stuff as you go along, but it has to be pretty bad before you pull out the word severe. I've had it once going from DCA to DAY and we diverted to PIT after we bounced the FA off the ceiling all the way from the back of the plane to the front. Good thing she used to do gymnastics. I think at one point we dropped about 800 feet and then climbed 500 feet in a matter of seconds. That and the 50 degrees of roll wasn't something I ever want to see again.

March 23rd, 2008, 11:16	#14
BobDDuck Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Seat Posts: 5,340	Re: My first three days of IOE..... Thanks Mike. The runway in Charlotte was lowered to excessive ground contact. I hadn't flown a 700 in a LONG time and my sight picture was a bit off. In XNA we stay no where near the Clarion. It's hit or miss if the van will take us anywhere. I haven't had an overnight there in a long time though. However, seeing as I'm back to the bottom, I'm sure I'll be getting all the garbage overnights now. CM, as other's have pointed out, severe turb is probably going to ground the plane for an MX check. You'll start to figure out what to call stuff as you go along, but it has to be pretty bad before you pull out the word severe. I've had it once going from DCA to DAY and we diverted to PIT after we bounced the FA off the ceiling all the way from the back of the plane to the front. Good thing she used to do gymnastics. I think at one point we dropped about 800 feet and then climbed 500 feet in a matter of seconds. That and the 50 degrees of roll wasn't something I ever want to see again. __________________ TBJC08 The Gear Monkey The Gear Monkey Store