johnnyV
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Throw all that gouge out. Just put the airport in the fix page, maintain a 3/1 plus 5mi to configure, and a couple of extra miles for Grandpa.
Can I get an AMEN!
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Throw all that gouge out. Just put the airport in the fix page, maintain a 3/1 plus 5mi to configure, and a couple of extra miles for Grandpa.
Being new at wn with less than 200 hrs on the 73, i'm finding it a little frustrating at times with the decent planning close the the field. 30+ miles out...no problem. From then on it feels like i'm constanly doing higher math and figuring when to start dirtying up. I'll call for flaps and the captain will say I don't need 'em. 5 seconds later..."you want flaps 5?" I tend to play it conservatively and get dirty and slow a bit early, but I still feel like i'm asking for gear and flaps half the time in the form of a question vs. a command. It'll come, but the learning curve's higher than I expected, expecially in the -700. Every trip get's easier and easier though. I think half the problem is, is that I have way too much gouge from captains i've flown with. My simple brain gets tangled up while cyphering through the mountains of gouge and flying the plane at the same time.
Probation has its advantages. No matter what it's like in the cockpit, they always buy the beers, God love 'em.
Hey Clark. This approach never fails.
Point the jet toward the end of the runway at 250kts. When, out of the corner of your eye, you see the captain slowly moving his hand toward your side of the cockpit say........
"dang we're high. Landing gear down!"
Gup
Have a talk with him quietly in the Jet-way. If it happens again, pull yourself from the trip and get a chief pilot involved.
Whatever you do don't do that!
What defense? It is just getting the job done...safely & effectively!